Language X within scope of language Y

David Clarke w3c at dragonthoughts.co.uk
Thu Jan 27 09:41:00 CET 2005


>I don't think England as a country is included in ISO 3166, which I'm 
>not that happy about since "English English" is a valid construction, 
>and it means you can only have a "UK" pan, which has been made 
>synonymous with Great Britain, which ignores Northern Ireland.

Strange, my passport's cover includes the words : United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

That suggests UK includes GB and Northern Ireland.

-- 
David Clarke


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