 | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) —Pedro Silva
| | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
| | | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians) —Pedro Silva
| | | | | (...) 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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