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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: Let's Name the USA People!
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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 02:12:34 GMT
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In a previous article, troyt@eventus.com ("Troy N. Terry") says:

>There are a few alternates out there already:
>
>The Spanish say "estadounidense", but that has way
>too many syllables.  Or "norteamericano", which
>annoys the Canadians to no end.
>
>The Chinese say "meiguoren", which means "People of
>the beautiful country", but our innate modesty won't
>let us go with that one.
>
>Any ideas?

As I mentioned earlier in another incarnation of this thread, we 
Esperantists--both those of us who live here and those who just talk 
about us--call us Americans "usonanoj" {the -oj ending is pronounced like 
"oy [vey]}.  Works just fine.
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