Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Fun with country codes

With tonight's game taking up more real estate in our collective mindspace with every passing minute, we took a break from teams, players, goals and so on to look at something a bit silly.
You might not know this, but the three character codes that appear on the scoreline at the top of your screen while watching a game are defined by FIFA. You can see the list of countries, and each country's code, on wikipedia here: List of FIFA Country Codes
These are also the codes that make up the hashtag for a game, e.g. Republic of Ireland V Denmark tonight is IRLDEN.
With that in mind, we wondered what actual words can be made from the combination of codes?
So, we consulted the list of six letter words on yourdictionary.com and came up with this list, along with links to the dictionary definition of each word

Angola(ANG) v Lesotho(LES) = ANGLES
Bangladesh(BAN) v Germany(GER) = BANGER
Bangladesh(BAN) v Netherlands(NED) = BANNED
Belgium(BEL) v Lesotho(LES) = BELLES
Belgium(BEL) v Uganda(UGA) = BELUGA
Bermuda(BER) v Thailand(THA) = BERTHA
Cambodia(CAM) v Bermuda(BER) = CAMBER
Cambodia(CAM) v Peru(PER) = CAMPER
Canada(CAN) v Chad(CHA) = CANCHA
Canada(CAN) v Netherlands(NED) = CANNED
Chile(CHI) v Australia(AUS) = CHIAUS
Chile(CHI) v Lesotho(LES) = CHILES
Chile(CHI) v Netherlands(NED) = CHINED
Chile(CHI) v Russia(RUS) = CHIRUS
Colombia(COL) v Liechtenstein(LIE) = COLLIE
Comoros(COM) v Bermuda(BER) = COMBER
Comoros(COM) v Ethiopia(ETH) = COMETH
Comoros(COM) v Malaysia(MAS) = COMMAS
Cyprus(CYP) v Russia(RUS) = CYPRUS
Denmark(DEN) v Netherlands(NED) = DENNED
DR Congo(COD) v Germany(GER) = CODGER
Estonia(EST) v Russia(RUS) = ESTRUS
Finland(FIN) v Estonia(EST) = FINEST
Finland(FIN) v Germany(GER) = FINGER
Finland(FIN) v Netherlands(NED) = FINNED
Gabon(GAB) v Bermuda(BER) = GABBER
Gabon(GAB) v Lesotho(LES) = GABLES
Gambia(GAM) v Bolivia(BOL) = GAMBOL
Gambia(GAM) v Estonia(EST) = GAMEST
Gambia(GAM) v Malaysia(MAS) = GAMMAS
Gibraltar(GIB) v Bermuda(BER) = GIBBER
Guam(GUM) v Malaysia(MAS) = GUMMAS
Guinea(GUI) v Lesotho(LES) = GUILES
Honduras(HON) v Estonia(EST) = HONEST
Hungary(HUN) v Germany(GER) = HUNGER
Iceland(ISL) v Andorra(AND) = ISLAND
Kenya(KEN) v Netherlands(NED) = KENNED
Lesotho(LES) v Senegal(SEN) = LESSEN
Macau(MAC) v Lesotho(LES) = MACLES
Madagascar(MAD) v Denmark(DEN) = MADDEN
Panama(PAN) v Netherlands(NED) = PANNED
Paraguay(PAR) v Angola(ANG) = PARANG
Paraguay(PAR) v Lesotho(LES) = PARLES
Paraguay(PAR) v Tanzania(TAN) = PARTAN
Puerto Rico(PUR) v Estonia(EST) = PUREST
Puerto Rico(PUR) v Germany(GER) = PURGER
Puerto Rico(PUR) v Palestine(PLE) = PURPLE
Samoa(SAM) v Palestine(PLE) = SAMPLE
Samoa(SAM) v Panama(PAN) = SAMPAN
Sierra Leone(SLE) v Azerbaijan(AZE) = SLEAZE
Singapore(SIN) v Germany(GER) = SINGER
Singapore(SIN) v Netherlands(NED) = SINNED
Solomon Islands(SOL) v Andorra(AND) = SOLAND
Somalia(SOM) v Bermuda(BER) = SOMBER
South Korea(KOR) v Malaysia(MAS) = KORMAS
Suriname(SUR) v Estonia(EST) = SUREST
Sweden(SWE) v Venezuela(VEN) = SWEVEN
Tanzania(TAN) v Netherlands(NED) = TANNED
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI) v Libya(LBY) = TRILBY
Trinidad and Tobago(TRI) v Palestine(PLE) = TRIPLE
Tunisia(TUN) v Netherlands(NED) = TUNNED
Turkey(TUR) v Bangladesh(BAN) = TURBAN
Turkey(TUR) v Botswana(BOT) = TURBOT
Turkey(TUR) v Netherlands(NED) = TURNED
Vanuatu(VAN) v Netherlands(NED) = VANNED
Wales(WAL) v Russia(RUS) = WALRUS

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