title: Learn Python the Hard Way Exercise 39
body: <p>I'm currently on LPTHW and I'm completely stuck on the first part of exercise 39 where you're making a dictionary. I currently have</p>
  
  <pre><code>states = [
      'Oregon': 'OR',
      'Florida': 'FL',
      'California': 'CA',
      'New York': 'NY',
      'Michigan': 'MI'
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which as far as I can tell is exactly what the exercise has. However, every time I try to run the program I get a syntax error on line 2 (Oregon) with the arrow pointing at the colon. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?</p>