From: John English <je@bton.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Looking for ALSYS ADA support
Date: 1999/05/17
Date: 1999-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <373FFD6C.4D765D2F@bton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01be9aec$fd239700$2428b6c7@alesia
xxx wrote:
> John English <je@bton.ac.uk> wrote in article <372EC7DA.B544125C@bton.ac.uk>...
> > "Vincent P. Amiot" wrote:
> > > try 00-1-619-457 2700, the 1-800-97-Aonix won't do you any good if 'za' is
> > > what I think (Zambia). or adasup@sd.aonix.com
> >
> > Close -- "za" is South Africa ("zm" is Zambia).
> Zuid Afrika (or something)?
The Afrikaans is "Suid Afrika"; I always assumed the "za" came from
"Azania" (what the ANC wanted to change the name to, once upon a
time).
Anyone out there who can shed any light on this fascinating but
completely off-topic subject? :-)
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1999-04-16 0:00 Looking for ALSYS ADA support Charles Hill
1999-04-16 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
[not found] ` <01be95c5$c72c2e90$3503af88@alesia>
1999-05-04 0:00 ` John English
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1999-05-17 0:00 ` John English [this message]
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