<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:07:44 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Naztazia" > wrote in message
...
>>> EEUU = Estados Unidos. Spanish for the United States. They double
>>> the letters because "estados" (states) EE - is plural - and the
>>> "unidos" (united) part - UU - is a plural adjective that describes the
>>> plural states. Hence EEUU.
>>>
>>> - Naz
>>>
>>> On Nov 27, 11:36 pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>>
>>>> That one makes sense, but someone please tell me why EEUU is
>>>> the United States.
>>
>>
>>The explanation must be that in the Spanish language, they have words for
>>"United States" as they have words for 'Spain.'
>>
>>EEUU are the letters/abbreviations in the Spanish language for their
>>abbreviation of the 'United States.' and the double letters used as
>>described above.
>>
> Really? double letters? Wow! I didn't know were double EU..... or
> is that PU?
>

Absolutely PU. Double PU, written either as PUPU or PPUU; take your
choice.
You got it!
Dee Dee