Abi SutherlandMar 10, 2023
Wow, EasyJet Plus has an AMAZING system for entering your phone number prefix.
(It's alphabetical by country.)
Show threadNaomi PMar 10, 2023

@evilrooster oh wow!

That’s worse than the popup menus for entering two letter US state abbreviations that are sorted by the full state name.

Show threadMarjorieRMar 10, 2023
@gannet @evilrooster and the online police theft report form where we (and the Austrian police) were trying to search an alphabetic drop-down list to enter where I lived: not UK, not GB, not United Kingdom or Great Britain it was VEREINIGTES KÖNIGREICH - even the police couldn't guess that.
Show threadToran ShawApr 24, 2023
@marjolica @gannet @evilrooster I've not heard the UK being referred to by that name before...
Show threadAbi SutherlandApr 24, 2023

@toran @marjolica @gannet

So the German name. Not unlike the Dutch Verenigd Koningrijk. A literal translation of "United Kingdom" in both places.

Show threadToran Shaw
@evilrooster @marjolica @gannet ta for that. I'm half Austrian and have lived in Germany for a few years, but never come across that name before. Interesting! 🤔
Apr 24, 2023 at 1:36pmWeb