• anguo
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    7 months ago

    You can definitely see who named these.

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        7 months ago

        Americans. Same reason US country code is +1. I have done zero research to back this up.

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          7 months ago

          Fuck it, I’ll bite. The reason for the +1 area code wasn’t just because of the US, but they and a few other counties coming together to create a standard. +1 isn’t the US, it’s the North American Numbering Plan.

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            7 months ago

            Well, I live in Canada, so I’m aware of the last point ;) Despite all this, my americanocentrism point still stands.