Michael J. Mahon wrote:
Roger Johnstone wrote:New Zealand uses nz. za belongs to South Africa. Why za? I have no idea.The two-letter country domain name space is quite crowded, and there is, no doubt, an earlier contender for "sa", even if South Africa wanted it. A study was recently published showing that most countries will now have to settle for their second or third choices.
South Africa is 'za' for the same reason Spain is 'es': because it makes perfect sense in the local language ("zuid afrika" and "espana", respectively). Sheesh, people. Get out more.
Kelly