[tz] [PATCH] Minor changes to iso3166.tab

Clive D.W. Feather clive at davros.org
Thu Nov 17 04:26:41 UTC 2016


Paul Eggert said:
> The Guardian's style guide for "United 
> Kingdom" says "no need to write in full: say Britain or the UK", and for 
> "Britain" it says "Britain is the official short form of United Kingdom 
> of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" which is news to me; I wonder 
> what's "official" about it?

Nothing.

This is the Grauniad, so-known because of its inability to get details
right.

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