Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Plate Tectonics and Lat/Long boundaries<br/>
Date: Nov 13, 2003 @ 14:14<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-807600418">Kevin wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Germany and<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Switzerland probably got codes based on their local names because they<br/>
happened to be represented on the original working group that made the<br/>
first list.<br/>
<br/>
I once asked a Swiss friend why Switzerland had &quot;CH.&quot;  He said that because the<br/>
country has four official languages and didn&#39;t want to show any favoritism, they<br/>
reverted to the Latin name.<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>