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Posted by Lāʻie Techie on October 2, 2004, 2:23 am
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On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:13:20 +0000, Sam Hughes wrote:
> Or one could do something crazy like allowing users to use either option.
> After all, many Usonians wouldn't be able to find their country on the
> map.
If a person is learned enough to identify himself a Usonian (Usonian is
actually a style of architecture, not a demonym of a country), he will
recognize where his nation is on the map.
La'ie Techie
proud to be a USian
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Posted by Sam Hughes on October 2, 2004, 10:46 am
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> On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:13:20 +0000, Sam Hughes wrote:
>
>> Or one could do something crazy like allowing users to use either
>> option. After all, many Usonians wouldn't be able to find their
>> country on the map.
>
> (Usonian
> is actually a style of architecture, not a demonym of a country),
Actually, the word does also mean an American (of the U.S.A.). I did not
invent the word. It is used to get strange looks.
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Posted by Neal on October 2, 2004, 8:22 am
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> =?UTF-8?b?TMSByrtpZSBUZWNoaWU=?=
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>> On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:13:20 +0000, Sam Hughes wrote:
>>
>>> Or one could do something crazy like allowing users to use either
>>> option. After all, many Usonians wouldn't be able to find their
>>> country on the map.
>>
>> (Usonian
>> is actually a style of architecture, not a demonym of a country),
>
> Actually, the word does also mean an American (of the U.S.A.). I did not
> invent the word. It is used to get strange looks.
Indeed, guess who did?
"'Usonian' is an adaptation from Esperanto, apparently coined by Zamenhof"
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/al/alternate_words_for_american.html
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Posted by Andy Dingley on October 3, 2004, 1:24 pm
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>After all, many Usonians wouldn't be able to find their country on the map.
You mean Usanian, I think
Unless they actually live in Tailiesin.
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Posted by Sam Hughes on October 5, 2004, 10:49 pm
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>>After all, many Usonians wouldn't be able to find their country on the
>>map.
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> You mean Usanian, I think
Nope
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