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Re: Scotland ccTLD?


From: TR Shaw <tshaw () oitc com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:03:14 -0400


On Sep 16, 2014, at 11:52 AM, TR Shaw wrote:


On Sep 16, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists () gmail com>

Alba was the ancient roman name for England, meaning white, because if
the white cliffs of Dover

They called Scotland Caledonia and Ireland Hibernia

Ah.

Scotland is named for an ancient / mythical queen named Scota so they
should be fine with say sc

Except that, alas, .sc is already assigned, to Seychelles.  Or this wouldn't
be a thing.  :-)


Why not ct? 

The Scots have always embraced Caledonia.  Heck, their airline, before BA bought them, was called British Caledonia 
(a better airline than BA IMHO)





Typo. SHould have been CE

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