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minus-squareallywilson@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoIt’s not a million miles away from the truth. The UK and France were the main advocates behind the ITU, so they got +33 and +44. Which is…fine…but I’ve not come across why NA got +1, etc. or even why those numbers were chosen at all.
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·7 months agoNA has +1 because the US invented the telephone. Canada is America’s hat.
minus-squareallywilson@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoAlexander Graham Bell was Scottish, who moved to Canada and then moved to the US.
It’s not a million miles away from the truth. The UK and France were the main advocates behind the ITU, so they got +33 and +44. Which is…fine…but I’ve not come across why NA got +1, etc. or even why those numbers were chosen at all.
NA has +1 because the US invented the telephone. Canada is America’s hat.
Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, who moved to Canada and then moved to the US.