Re: Damn'd fools

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 16:28:30 EDT

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    At 15:46 -0400 2003-07-25, John Cowan wrote:

    > > When the United Kingdom hands back Northern Ireland to Ireland
    >> in 2052, then obviously the numeric codes of both countries will have to
    >> change, but not the codes for the names.
    >
    >Presumably the name of the U.K. would change, however.

    Why? It would be the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which comprises
    England, Scotland, Wales, and the Duchy of Cornwall.

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