langauge vs. locale

[John Cowan]

Michael Everson scripsit:

> >en-GB
> 
> Now there's a thorn in everyone's side.

The real issue, if there is one, is not why GB is "GB" (the only unique
words in the name are "Great Britain") but why US is "US" (the
unique word in its name is "America", which should have been used
as the basis for the code by ISO 3166 rules).

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