Guernsey Jersey and Isle of Man ISO 3166-1 Codes

[John Cowan]

Marion Gunn scripsit:

> Yes, Luc, it is off-topic for most lists today -

Only the Piranha brothers, Harry and Mike, are authorized to declare
a thread off-topic on this list.

> sadly, I speak as one who [...] felt she
> had to take a stand against basing ISO 693-3 on the religously-based
> Ethnologue list and ISO 639-2 on the politically-based Library of
> Congres list [...].

These slurs are absurd, and even if they were not, what alternatives are
there, actually extant and in use today?  It isn't helpful to bemoan
the limitations of de facto and de jure standards unless you have something
else to propose.  Better to spend the energy on fixing actual, specific
problems.

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