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Subject:	Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Fri, 31 May 2002 23:50:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: > 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 preceeded it was implied, so I cut that off). Check this if you want to see who lives in the CAR and what languges they speak: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Central+African+Republic 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.

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		Re: National nouns (was:Americans, North Americans, Americasians)
(...) 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)
(...) 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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