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Scotland ccTLD?
On Sep 16, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists at 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)