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

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From: lamy
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 00:15

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Is Canada the only country whose abbreviation designates the inhabitants 
instead of the country?

Jean-Francois Lamy
AI Group, Dept of Computer Science     CSNet: lamy@ai.toronto.edu
University of Toronto		       EAN:   lamy@ai.toronto.cdn
Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A4	       UUCP:  lamy@utai.uucp

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