Thanks to you and John for replying. I was really asking a rhetorical
question but appreciate having the answer.
tex
Patrick Andries wrote:
>
> 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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