[ih] Internet should be in private hands

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

You are making Postel's point of not being in the business of what a
country is.  We was looking for a list of sorts and the ISO "list" fits
the bill (even with all its warts)

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On 2022-12-07 22:11 , John Day via Internet-history wrote:
> Yes, that was my point.
> 
> And why given the political organizations involved, it was odd that
> someone didn’t catch that GB wasn’t the designation of the political
> entity.
> 
> And of course, CH or Confederation Helvetica is the official name for
> Switzerland and has been Helvetica for centuries and Confederation
> Helvetica since unification.  (My Swiss history isn’t that good.)  ;-)
> 
> (I always find English versions of such names interesting, sometimes
> it is far from clear how they came to be.  Not so much the name used
> by the country but the English version.  Like getting Florence from
> Firenze isn’t exactly obvious.)  ;-)
> 
> Take care,
> John
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