RE: Åland

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 04:13:32 CST

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At 10:44 +0100 2005-11-02, Kent Karlsson wrote:
>Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
>> You mean we should stop to say "Island of Great-Britain" and just use
>> "Great-Britain"?
>
>The English name for the territory code "GB" is "United Kingdom"...

Strictly speaking, you should say "The English name represented by
the territory code 'GB' is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland'.

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