Re: How did we wind up with "CDN" as an abbreviation for "Canada"?

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From: taras
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1986 17:39

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And what is wrong with having CDN as an abbreviation for Canadian.  If you
pronounce the three letter combination very quickly it sort of sounds like
Canadian, and besides it has been used as a abbreviation for Canadian for
as long as I can remember, which is at least 20 years.

Telex was/is great for this kind of stuff, can you figure out who CDN NTL
is?
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Subject: Re: How did we wind up with "CDN" as an abbreviation for "Canada"?
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