Laos is the angriest , agree?

[theking]

I bet you don't believe that "US" is also an abbreviation for the United States either:

[Reporter]

US serves both as a code and an abbreviation. The really formal usage is U.S.A. or U.S. but common widespread usage has augmented US to that. The coding coincides with this abbreviation for the United States. There is no doubt that some times what's an abbreviation can also be a code.

But the Lao Embassy in DC says abbreviation for their country is LPDR. Just FYI.

[theking]

Abbreviation is all I'm saying because there's no denying that "LA" is an abbreviation for Laos as well as "US" is an abbreviation for the United States...

Sure there may be a little variance and other abbreviations here and there but there's no denying that the abbreviations that were created for countries a long time ago are abbreviations for those countries.

Abbreviations can also be apply for states and cities too so I'll use "CA" for California or use "SF" for San Francisco or "NYC" for New York City at times instead.

[Reporter]

You've pointed out that only the ISO system uses LA for its coding system, the UN system is LAO and the Lao government's website's abbreviation is Laopdr. In short, it is LPDR as its Embassy states.

Ask anyone in California if they know what  you are referring to if you mention LA. Of course, Los Angeles comes to everyone's mind there.

[theking]

Doesn't matter who uses it, "LA" is an abbreviation for Laos and has been for decades, no denying that fact:




And yes, "LA" is also an abbreviation for "Los Angeles" as well as the state of Louisiana among other things.

Just like how I mentioned that "PH" is not just an abbreviation for PebHmong but also for other things  like the Philippines for example as well as Potential of Hydrogen among other things...

Just can't deny those facts!