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Article #2224Re: How did we wind up with "CDN" as an abbreviation for "Canada"?
From: taras
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1986 03:56
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1986 03:56
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In article <2602@utai.UUCP> lamy@utai.UUCP writes: # Is Canada the only country whose abbreviation designates the inhabitants # instead of the country? # # Jean-Francois Lamy There are two things that I could say, 1. is that maybe Canadians figure that people are more important than real estate and 2. you might think of the word Canadian as denoting something that belongs to Canada. Is there anything wrong with an abbreviation that designates the inhabitants instead of the coutry??? -- Taras Pryjma uucp: taras@utcs.uucp bitnet: tpryjma@utoronto Bell: +1 (416) 536-2821 DO NOT WASH: This vehicle part of scientific dirt experiment!
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utcs!taras From: taras@utcs.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: How did we wind up with "CDN" as an abbreviation for "Canada"? Message-ID: <1986Nov3.225655.16632@utcs.uucp> Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 22:56:55 EST Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Nov3.225655.16632 Posted: Mon Nov 3 22:56:55 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Nov-86 00:14:50 EST References: <3075@watmath.UUCP> <2602@utai.UUCP> Reply-To: taras@utcs.UUCP (T. Pryjma) Distribution: can Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX Lines: 21 Checksum: 24877