[thechat] GB is UK

William Anderson neuro at well.com
Thu May 30 12:42:00 CDT 2002


---- Original Message ----
From: "Simon Dell" <simondl at epic.co.uk>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [thechat] GB is UK

> At 14:30 30/05/02 +0100, you wrote:
> > Now I know that the subject (in the right, or wrong, place) could
> > get you a kick in the face.
> > Just remembering that Great Britain and The United Kingdom are very
> > different things. Why, does the ISO country code list the united
> > kingdom as... gb?
> >
> > Not that most people will give a hoot, but I know there's some that
> > will  :)
> >
> > Oddness?
> > mk
>
> This confused me, so I looked it up.
> In case anyone is unsure where they live:
>
> [uk/gb/random snippage]


it's a load of old bollocks, innit </fastshow>

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