Yesterday I was at the airport at the capital of one of the US fifty states. There was a sign with two lines: on the first there was the name of the (capital) city, and on the second the name of the state. Curiously, the two lines had no letters in common.

Where was I?

(In reply to Penny got me thinking... by Erik O.)

Excluding states  that repeat the state name in the capital name, like Oklahoma and Indiana, the two champs are:

Providence, Rhode Island

Columbia, South Carolina 

Both have 6 letters in common, with a total of 14 letter occurrences if you combine both names.  

 

Posted by Penny on 2005-05-19 19:42:23