Well, then you should just be thankful you live in Zealand, New -- shouldn't you?Pitch Black wrote:I first noticed a couple of years ago that many drop-down lists of countries start with USA and then go on to Afghanistan... so like the invasions will proceed alphabetically? Dang!
Obviously, it is to avoid offending the British, who invented the language, so that they don't take issue (that's i-ss-yew) when they see the odd jargon and missing 'u's.