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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? #170809 10/23/07 03:35 AM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 W wsim OP stranger OP wsim stranger W Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Hi, I am a newbie here. I have a question that I don't seem to find anyone able to answer. Who or how is it decided what you call people from different countries or places? For example, a person from Hong Kong is a Hong Konger, why not Hong Kongnese? A person from Shanghai, a Shanghainese, why not Shanghaians? What about Angola? Angolians? Croatia, Croats or Croatian? Of course many are easy and obvious, like America = Americans, India = Indians, California = Californians. etc. What about Karachi? Karachians? Its actually Karachite, but why and who or how is it decided? Thank you & best regards William Sim Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? wsim 10/23/07 03:35 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? of troy 10/23/07 03:47 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? wsim 10/23/07 03:57 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? tsuwm 10/23/07 04:07 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? AnnaStrophic 10/23/07 01:18 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? tsuwm 10/23/07 01:39 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? AnnaStrophic 10/23/07 01:47 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? dalehileman 10/23/07 02:57 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? zmjezhd 10/23/07 04:07 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/23/07 04:36 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? zmjezhd 10/23/07 04:52 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/23/07 05:23 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? zmjezhd 10/23/07 05:31 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Zed 10/23/07 11:28 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? wsim 10/24/07 04:52 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? BranShea 10/24/07 08:41 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? zmjezhd 10/24/07 12:14 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? BranShea 10/24/07 12:53 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Zed 10/24/07 08:06 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? tsuwm 10/24/07 08:19 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Jackie 10/25/07 02:34 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? nancyk 10/25/07 05:58 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? of troy 10/25/07 06:25 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Faldage 10/25/07 11:02 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? themilum 10/25/07 11:23 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? of troy 10/26/07 03:27 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Faldage 10/26/07 08:48 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? BranShea 10/26/07 09:00 AM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Jackie 10/24/07 03:14 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? zmjezhd 10/24/07 03:18 PM Re: How Do You Call People From Different Countries Or Cities? Myridon 10/24/07 05:01 PM 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 Posts229,334 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 (1 invisible), 723 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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