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From: pmw@philabs.UUCP (Peter M. Wagner)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re:Re:One for ...
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 19:49:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 19:49:55 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 04:11:11 EST
Reply-To: pmw@philabs.UUCP (Peter M. Wagner)
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  The discussion about the name "Americans" shows that there is no name for
citizens of the United States of America! The lack of a name goes hand in hand
with a lack of culture and history. Let's wait a couple of hundred years;
perhaps we will find a name.

>The full name of the US is "The United States of America".  As far as I
>know, we are the only country whose name contains the name "America".
>Just as residents of The Commonwealth of Virginia call themselves
>"Virginians" and residents of The Republic of West Germany (I think
>that's its full name, please don't flame at me if I am wrong) call
>themselves "West Germans", residents of "The US of America" can call
>themselves Americans.  Indeed, some other collection of states could
>unite themselves, and they might be The United States of Foobar; they
>would call themselves "Foobarians", not "Unitedstatesians", just as West
>Germans do not call themselves "Republicans".

There is the Federal Republic of Germany  (some people call it West Germany)
and there is the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany).

Being a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany I object being called West
German! There exist two seperate states. But there is only one 
nationality (German). So people in both Germanys call themself Germans or
citizen of ....

-peter wagner
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