Re: No Flags "Policy"

From: iain <iain prettypeople org>
To: Danilo Segan <danilo gnome org>
Cc: Andrew Sobala <as583 cam ac uk>, Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>, GNOME Desktop Hackers <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: No Flags "Policy"
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 00:36:39 +0000

On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 23:56, Danilo Segan wrote:
> , yet that corresponds to
> country code of "UK" (United Kingdom -- is UK the only country with
> another code [GB] also "reserved"?).

Because the neither the UK, nor GB are countries, and they're not the
same.
GB (Great Britain) is the collective term for England, Scotland and
Wales.
The United Kingdom however is a collective term for England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.

So, in reality, neither UK or GB should be used, if we're discussing
countries.

iain
-- 
"Miss Celine Dion sings lovesongs while our cities burn"

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