Re: CHAT: geographical nomenclature [was Re: Language of Tetril]
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 17:28 |
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Am 15.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:
> Relatedly, on the US Census returns, I've always wondered what
> motivated people to put "American" for their ancestry. (Certainly
> some people just don't know; but isn't there a "don't know"
> box?)
Many probably know. I'd bet a number of them are No-Damned-Hyphen-
Americans. I.e., Americans that know their family came from elsewhere
but feel it's silly to hyphenate "-American" with every damned place
in the world.
Padraic.
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