Re: ISO 3166 (country codes)- it rocks, it moves

From: Patrick Andries (pandries@iti.qc.ca)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2002 - 06:31:42 EST

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Tex Texin wrote:

>
>Plus, since we tend to end up with most codes being mnemonic, we get
>errors when software or web developers just guess the code will be
>menmonic. (Why is Algeria DZ?)
>
For the same reason a Qatari TV station is called Al-Djazeera : a few
islands in front of Algiers. The French then named those ex-departments
by a name coined on the city (Alger -> Algérie).

Patrick

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