revision of ISO 3166

[Doug Ewell]

John Cowan <jcowan at reutershealth dot com> wrote:

> More seriously, though, these are the only letters in the Basic Latin
> block, so calling them "the Basic Latin letters" is clear and clean
> and doesn't drag in the language-specific concept of "alphabet".

Fine.  Excellent.  That stays away from terms like "Latin script" and
"Roman alphabet," and pre-empts questions of national ordering.

Sorry for poking a stick in this particular beehive.

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California
 http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/