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Derek

Derek Report 31 Mar 2004 19:27

My wife's homework is diving me up the wall, she needs to know lots of peculiar letters that represent countries, ie as above. I chucked out a RAC/AA book years ago, and of course, now its needed. Is there a reccomended site where they can be looked at? Please, please help me!!! Derek in France

Sidami

Sidami Report 31 Mar 2004 19:36

Hello Derek, Try www(.)homebased2(.)com/abbr(.)htm Best of luck Take the brackets away.

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

Naomi in SW

Naomi in SW Report 31 Mar 2004 21:56

Hi Derek, I have to use these all the time for work. The ones I can remember are: GB - Great Britain IE - Eire SE - Sweden DE - Germany CZ - Czechoslovakia PT - Portugal FR - France AT - Austria NL - Netherlands DK - Denmark Can't remember anymore. Brain turns off in the evenings I'm afraid! Naomi

Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC)

Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC) Report 31 Mar 2004 22:31

Greeting's Derek. . . . . Go to this site they are all there ....... http://www(.)io(.) com/~dork/bolthole/ovals(.)html Remove the brackets MIKE.

Derek

Derek Report 1 Apr 2004 17:16

To Sue, Naomi and Mike, many thanks for the replies, really got me out of a fix. She gets so bad tempered over her homework, and at fifty plus years, she does not need stress from elsewhere other than me! Thanks again, folks, regards, Derek

syljo

syljo Report 1 Apr 2004 18:12

Germany is only"D" and Sweden "S" and Austia "A" Turkey is "TR" Greetings Sylvia

Researching:
Finland

syljo

syljo Report 1 Apr 2004 18:13

Portugal is a "P" and France "F" sylvia

Researching:
Finland