[geeks] *SPAM* Re: Percentages & mail list

[James Fogg]

> > " Pennsylvania is not the only commonwealth.
> > " Virginia is also a commonwealth and I believe there are
> > " other commonwealths
> > " in the USA "state" makeup.  (The only commonwealths come
> > " out of the original 13 colonies.)
> >
> > there are 4 commonwealths in the us: va, pa, ma, and iirc de.
>
> I believe you are both wrong ... the four US "commonwealth" states are
> Kentucky (not one of the "Original 13"), Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
and
> Virginia.  I thought Rhode Island was one, too, but I looked it up
and,
> while the state has a weird name, "Commonwealth" isn't part of it.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_%28United_States%29