At 05:32 PM 5/25/01 +0100, Robert wrote:
> "J. van Baardwijk" wrote
> > At 20:22 24-5-01 +0100, Robert Shaw wrote:
> >
> > >The Netherlands doesn't quite sound like a country name either.
> > >Countries don't normally get definite articles in modern
> > >English and Netherlands is plural, not a suitable name for a
> > >single entity.
> >
> > It is plural, sure, but the full name of this lovely little country isn't.
> > Officially, we're known as "The Kingdom of The Netherlands".
> >
>Which doesn't have any suitable abbreviations.
As "TKOTN" is pretty much unpronounceable, and "KOTN" sounds like the name
of a fabric.
-- Ronn! :)
