Mark Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Indeed, the only >> immediately obvious advantage of ROU is that it provides a better mnemonic >> code for the *French* name of the country, "Roumanie." > > Unless it is to indicate that its nationals are Romanian and not Rom (a.k.a. > gypsy).
ISO 3166 is a standard for encoding country names, not ethnic groups. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
