[lbo-talk] March 4

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Mon Mar 8 15:52:25 PST 2010


On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Matthias Wasser wrote:


> Someone from the United States of America is a _______. (If I
> don't get any snarky responses to this I'll be disappointed.)

Use of '...from...' suggests 'exile' to me. Sorry I couldn't be more snarky, but I was drawing some satisfaction from your use of 'demonym', which wiki explains is a seldom used, little known term, outside of geographical circles.

martin



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