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azepoitoday at 3:45 AM1 replyview on HN

It goes by license plate codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicle_registra...

It makes for a fun acronym DACH meaning roof in german. If they used Ö why not DÖS with an S for Schweiz then ?


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ButlerianJihadtoday at 3:57 AM

I think you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166

Because this consortium seemingly has nothing to do with receiving license plate assignments. And the acronym seems to derive from your general vernacular, lending its name to many other things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_G...