Fw: question for Canadians

Subject: Fw: question for Canadians
From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:28:14 -0500


bounce-techwr-l-106467 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
12/22/2004 06:32:43 PM:
> oh gee, i didn't intend for this to be so complicated.

Too late. ;)

> on a user interface, Canada is abbreviated as CA. i've
> already decided that this was unacceptable...

Seems it's not really as easy as all that.

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-
services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html

Clearly lists CA ad the ISO abbreviation of Canada. But if
I remember correctly there are separate two-letter and
three-letter country codes.

Granted, in terms of North American adresses, I associate
two-letter abbreviations with province/state so CA would
be California. But if the entry

I figure CA is perfectly acceptable as long as it's
clearly in a Country field.

I suppose like much else in technical writing, choose your
standard/style and be consistent. ;)

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer

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