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" <j...@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 > > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land > Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 > 1274 >
