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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Nationalities? #143138 05/30/05 04:12 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Imp, I've often wondered about the way that adjectives are formed from place names. I long ago came to the conclusion that there's no general rule. It just "happens", even with newly-named countries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Nationalities? imp 05/20/05 09:34 PM Re: Nationalities? Zed 05/20/05 10:28 PM Re: Nationalities? Father Steve 05/20/05 11:51 PM Re: Nationalities? imp 05/21/05 12:21 AM Re: Nationalities? Dgeigh 05/21/05 02:26 AM Re: Nationalities? Faldage 05/21/05 11:29 AM Re: Nationalities? Elizabeth Creith 05/21/05 11:54 AM Re: Nationalities? Zed 05/24/05 06:37 PM Re: Nationalities? Elizabeth Creith 05/25/05 12:15 PM Re: Nationalities? AnnaStrophic 05/25/05 12:24 PM Re: Nationalities? Zed 05/25/05 06:57 PM Re: Nationalities? Capfka 05/30/05 04:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,413 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 998 guests, and 6 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,584 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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