Re: ISO 3166 (country codes) Maintenance Agency Web pages move

From: J M Sykes ([email protected])
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 05:16:01 EST


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: ISO 3166 (country codes) Maintenance Agency Web pages move

> At 01:27 +0000 2002-02-25, John Clews wrote:
>
> >In passing, I too deplore the recent change to the 3-letter code for
> >Romania. That would have less practical implications in IT systems
> >than any changes to the 2-letter code.
>
> The one 2-letter code that *ought* to be changed is "GB", which
> should be changed to "UK".
> --
> Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
>
I'll strenuously support that!

But what would we do with GBR?

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