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Subject: Re: How did we wind up with "CDN" as an abbreviation for "Canada"?
Message-ID: <1986Nov3.225655.16632@utcs.uucp>
Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 22:56:55 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  3 22:56:55 1986
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In article <2602@utai.UUCP> lamy@utai.UUCP writes:
# Is Canada the only country whose abbreviation designates the inhabitants 
# instead of the country?
# 
# Jean-Francois Lamy

There are two things that I could say, 1. is that maybe Canadians figure
that people are more important than real estate and 2. you might think of
the word Canadian as denoting something that belongs to Canada. 

Is there anything wrong with an abbreviation that designates the
inhabitants instead of the coutry???

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