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| | (...) (Note: there are other nations with "United States" on their name: Brazil is oficcially "Federative Republic of the United States of Brazil". Obviously, they call themselves brazilians) (...) I dispute the term - isn't there a single America (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) John Neal
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| | | | (...) Carrion? ;-) John (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) Central African(s). Bruce (no, really, I looked it up <g>) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Pedro Silva
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| | | | | (...) So technically they share exactly the same problem as Americans: the noun refers purely to geography, not the people. You are not alone!... :-) Pedro (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) I think they are the Ubangi and some other tribes, and no, I think you got the noun exactly opposite: America is the country, Americans are the people. Note the (s) after Central African - cut and pasted exactly as written ("Noun:" that (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) Check this if you want to see who lives in the CAR and what languges they speak: (URL) best LFB n.b.: The term "tribes" is very pejorative. Sorry, it's a pet peeve. If you want to know why, I can elaborate over in .debate, complete with links. (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | (...) Perhaps I'm confusing American Indian practices where I've always understood it to be okay to use the terms "tribe" or "tribal". Perhaps I'm relying too much on my Apache co-workers, who don't have a problem with "Indian" either, (beyond of (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Pedro Silva
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| | | | | (...) Noted. I made some confusion when translating this into my own native language, then back; what I meant wasn't exactly what I wrote, and I only realize that now. Sorry 'bout it. :-( Clarification: I meant to express the similaritude in the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) USians is the one I usually hear. (YooEssian) (...) No; America is "place of Amerigo;" if you have two continents, they become "the places of Amerigo," or "Americas." I guess maybe by the rules of Latin it might be "Americae" but I think (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) Pedro Silva
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| | | | (...) I stand corrected (I checked since for Portuguese too, in which case both terms can be used; traditionally, we did not refer to a separation between the two continents - now we apparently do) (...) That was before I was born! (J.B. Bokassa was (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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