Unappetizing food language in North American English
"James Silverton" > wrote in news:q4WSk.261
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>> Chee, did I say this was about a single country? I think I was
>> quite clear that it wasn't. And how can you know it predates
>> the creation of the US? Again with the thin skin...or is this
>> your subtle way of saying that as a USAian, you are blissfully
>
> As an unapologetic American immigrant, I find the term "USAian",
> unappetizing, difficult to pronounce and a clumsy coinage.
Good thing it's not the topic then. Start your own thread. And just so
you know, it was coined by a USAian university professor back around the
late 1980's.
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