Re: .bv ccTLD

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Dec 5, 2021, at 10:59 PM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer () nic fr> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 04, 2021 at 10:20:16AM -0500,
> Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote 
> a message of 121 lines which said:
>
> > Oh dear. They actually gave them .SS?
>
> It's an european reference. For the local people, this 2-letters code
> probably means nothing special, it is not their history.
>
> (I assume that the there is a discussion with the local government
> before assigning them a code.)

I’m an American, yet I know full well what SS meant in the 1940s, which is what I presume is alluded to here.

I think it is safe to say that WWII is the history of people well beyond just Europe.

Owen