[ih] Internet should be in private hands

[John Day]

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

> On Dec 7, 2022, at 14:57, John Levine <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:
> 
> It appears that John Day via Internet-history <jeanjour at comcast.net> said:
>> That is an odd error in ISO in ISO 3166 given the organizations involved.  (Being pedantic.) 
>> 
>> Great Britain is a geographical term, while UK designates the political unit, which was what was of concern to the
>> organizations involved. ...
> 
> ISO 3166 was originally issued in 1974. Despite what we might imagine,
> the world has not always revolved around the Internet.
> 
> So what about AQ?  BV?  AX? GP, MQ, GF, and PM?
> 
> Geographically,
> John