It would be interesting to compare organizations which include the appropriate national name vs. those that don't.

Some with:

ASA = American Standards Association
CSA = Canadian Standards Association
BSI = British Standards Institute
DIN = Deutsche Industrie Norm (Germany)


And without:
NTSC = National Television Standards Committee (U.S.A.)
UL = Underwriters Laboratory (U.S.A.)
IEE = Institution of Electrical Engineers (U.K.)


Oh, and by the way, it doesn't matter what they call our railways in Britain these days.

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