[Gllug] RE: [Glut] Official country code for Britain = GB or UK?

[Alain Williams]

On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 11:21:00PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Sunday 14 Apr 2002 10:02 pm, Ian Northeast wrote:
> > Liam Delahunty wrote:
> > > E. R. Vaughan wrote:
> > > FWIW I think "Great Britain" is archaic...
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Great Britain means England, Scotland and Wales.
> > > UK means, the above + Northern Ireland.
> > > British Isles means GB +  Ireland. (and maybe the other little bits like
> > > jersey)
> >
> > This is exactly correct IMHO. Otherwise the country would not be called
> > "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", despite the
> > monarch's having been a Queen for the most part of the last 2 centuries.
> > Which means the UN is wrong to call this country GB; however, they do
> > and it is therefore generally the correct designation.
> >
> > Ah well, the inhabitants of St. Petersburg have to put up with "RU LEN"
> > (Leningrad).
> >
> > Regards, Ian
> 
> Reminds me of that *old* joke:
> 
> First Commissar: Comrade, what will Leningrad be called in 50 years time?
> 
> Second Commissar: I don't know.
> 
> First Commissar: You're under arrest.

The one that that I remember is:

An old soviet citizen was asked where he had lived in his long life:

He replied: St Petersburg, Stalingrad & Leningrad.

Which one did he prefer ?

He replied: St Petersburg.

-- 
Alain Williams

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