Scotland ccTLD?

Tue Sep 16 15:44:54 UTC 2014

.SC is the ccTLD for Seychelles

- mark

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Alba was the ancient roman name for England, meaning white, because if the
> white cliffs of Dover
> 
> They called Scotland Caledonia and Ireland Hibernia
> 
> Scotland is named for an ancient / mythical queen named Scota so they
> should be fine with say sc
> On 16-Sep-2014 8:58 pm, "Jay Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> 
>> I know that IANA bases its list of ccTLDs on the 3166 list.
>>
>> Does anyone know if the 3166 secretariat has a preliminary choice in mind?
>> I see press coverage of ".scot", but of course that's not germane.
>>
>> I see also a suggestion, credited to Dave Eastabrook (sp?) of .ab, which
>> apparently stands for Alba, which I will assume has historical significance
>> (the country name in Scots Gaelic, perhaps?)
>>
>> What kind of timeframe would a new ccTLD for a major country roll out on?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -- jra
>>
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