If I recollect correctly, and that is difficult to do at time, (be ing an old fart) New Caldonia was the first suggestion for the colony of British Columbia. Chris
> Sometimes I refers to uno Norte Americano de los Estados Unidos as a > Statesider - but then I've also been known to refer to inhabitantes de > Paris as Parisites, particularly when the topic of the Rainbow Warrior > and New Caledonia/Kanaky came up. ;) > > Statesider I see as an analog formation to Sydneysider referring to > denizens of Sydney, NSW. > > ;) > > It would be amusing to "port" Yankee to the world's orthographies - I > already know Yanqui from Spanish, French and Portuguese - I assume > it's Janchi in Italian? > > Wesley Parish > > (The big joke about Paris and the Parisites is that Parish is an > anglicized form of Paris, indicating that my father's family had some > ancestral connection to that city, about the time of les Plantagenets > or so ... ;) > > On Sat, 14 May 2005 16:16, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I just stumbled upon two interesting Wikipedia articles on the term > > "American". The first discusses the issue of using the word American > > to refer to USAians and the other suggests a series of alternate > > terms: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_American > > > > Some of the alternate names include: > > > > Statesider, Uesican, Uessian, Unisan, Unisian, United Stater, > > USAian, U.S. American, Usan, USAn, Usanian. > > > > Maybe we should have an informal vote. Though I'd like to add "Yank" > > to the list. :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Daniel. > > -- > Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish > ----- > Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? > You ask, what is the most important thing? > Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. > I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
