At 15:46 -0400 2003-07-25, John Cowan wrote:
> When the United Kingdom hands back Northern Ireland to Ireland
in 2052, then obviously the numeric codes of both countries will have to
change, but not the codes for the names.
Presumably the name of the U.K. would change, however.
Why? It would be the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and the Duchy of Cornwall.
Even if we English lose all of these others, I'm sure we will keep the name and find someone to consider ourselves united to, even if it's just the Falkland Islands/Malvinas or Rockall. Rockall has the great advantage that it's easy to deal with independence movements when the only inhabitants are birds!
-- Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
