Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU> 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
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