Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:32:58 -0700, Larry Hudson wrote: > >> Unfortunately, there is no good word for "USA-ian". "United States >> Citizen" is too long and awkward and "United Statesian" is ridiculous. >> The common usage of "American" for this is at best ambiguous, and >> definitely inaccurate (as well as chauvinistic, and rather insulting to >> other North and South Americans outside the US). > > Among fans of the British writer Terry Pratchett, the usual term is > Merkins. Including among Merkin fans. > Tom Sharpe was there first, I think. By the way, his books are hilarious. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
