Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site philabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!pmw From: pmw@philabs.UUCP (Peter M. Wagner) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re:Re:One for ... Message-ID: <497@philabs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 19:49:55 EST Article-I.D.: philabs.497 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) Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 28 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 pmw@philabs.uucp philabs!pmw@seismo.arpa