>>>>> "Nigel" == Titley, Nigel <NTitley(a)flagtelecom.com> writes:
RIPE> RIPE 50 will be held 2-6 May, 2005 at the Clarion Hotel in
RIPE> Stockholm, Sweden.
>> Where else would Stockholm be but Sweden?
Nigel> To our dear American cousins it could be a small town in
Nigel> the mid west, for example, Cairo (Illinois), Rome
Nigel> (Illinois) and Paris (Illinois). Hence their tendency to
Nigel> qualify with country, for example, Cairo (Egypt), Paris
Nigel> (France) and Rome (Italy).
Exactly! I'm sure most of the Americans on our lists are well aware
we're not referring to hick towns in the US. As are the rest of the
people on the NCC's lists.
Nigel> I'm somewhat disappointed to see the RIPE NCC adopting the
Nigel> habit though.
That's my point. Where will this idiocy end? Do we have to explain
that Sweden's in Europe? Or Europe's a continent on Earth?