On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:48:58 -0400 Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > > > > Using gb for the United Kingdom would possibly be politically > > dangerous, which is why UK websites are .co.uk .org.uk etc and > > not .co.gb .org.gb etc. > > > > The full name of our country is the "United Kingdom of Great > > Britain & Northern Ireland" - using the GB code is offensive > > to people from Northern Ireland, because Northern Ireland is a > > valued part of the United Kingdom but is NOT part of Great > > Britain. > > > > As IRC is an internet service, I suggest we stay with UK for the > > United Kingdom (to match our websites) and Ukraine should be UA. > > > > Hi Margot: > > Fortunately for all concerned, the issues with ISO country codes > had nothing to do politically, it was by agreement by all. > Ireland has its own country code all of its own. ISO agreement > are traditionally closely monitored by the UN membership states. > > Marc > Northern Ireland is NOT part of Ireland, it is part of the UK. I know that Wikipedia is not always a trusted source of information, but this page is pretty accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland -- Margot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Otford Ducks Computers** We teach, you learn... ...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
