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Re: OT: Bush quotes



On Thursday 05 February 2009, John Hasler wrote:
> -c writes:
> > If other (non-USian) residents of the greater "Americas" take
> > offense at us referring to ourselves as Americans, I'm happy to
> > attempt to get this right (and even support the effort to attempt
> > to educate my fellow USians).
>
> Please try to come up with something less idiotic than "USian". 
> That's about as likely to catch on as "EUian".
>
> (Not that it matters: the rest of the world will go on calling
> residents of the United States of America "Americans" no matter what
> we say.) --

Frank Lloyd Wright had a term for the family houses he designed that fit 
more in the middle class than wealthy.  He called them Usonian homes.  
Perhaps Usonian?


Hal


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