•October 27, 2021•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

What is it with Southern states and double letters? You have Tennessee and Mississippi, for starters, each of which uses just four different letters. Come on, there is so much more to the alphabet!
Consider one of my new favorite towns — Chattanooga, Tennessee.
With that many double letters, you’d think there would be a contraction for it other than “Chatt” and “Nooga.”
Which, of course, brings me to Millennium Park in Chicago.
That’s two L’s and two N’s. Yes, two.
Someone at City Hall, in hastily putting together a parade route to celebrate the Sky’s winning the WNBA championship last weekend, misspelled the name of Chicago’s quintessential park by shaving off the second N.
Fans seemed to find the celebration nonetheless.

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