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What is the proper demonym for someone from Shreveport?
A tweet popped up in my feed recently that posed a really good question. On first blush I thought "Oh, I can answer this!" then upon further reflection I realized I can't.
In the case of "New ...
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Adjective or noun when referring to plural citizenship
What is the right form to use when talking about plural citizenship?
"We are Italian" or "we are Italians"? (or American, Or German or any other ending with "*an")
Same issue for "Saudi" or "Saudies", ...
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When to use -Ites / Ians / Ish / An / Ni / Ese / Elsh / Er [duplicate]
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Are there any rules governing what we call people from different countries?
I have some confusion regarding usage of suffixes such as -ites / -ians / -ish.
For example: ...
