A cool guide Types of plugs in the world
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You can definitely see who named these.
military engineers?
Americans. Same reason US country code is +1. I have done zero research to back this up.
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.
Well, I live in Canada, so I'm aware of the last point ;) Despite all this, my americanocentrism point still stands.