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zeeblebot

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noticed that according to the CIA World Factbook the noun and adjective for U.S. Nationality are both "American".

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So...?

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http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/imm_new_cit

thousands of people who acquired citizenship in 2000

1. United States 898.0 thousand
2. Canada 214.6 thousand
3. Germany 186.7 thousand
4. France 150.0 thousand
5. United Kingdom 82.2 thousand
6. Australia 70.8 thousand
7. Belgium 62.1 thousand
8. Netherlands 50.0 thousand
9. Sweden 43.5 thousand
10. Switzerland 28.7 thousand

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/imm_new_cit

thousands of people who acquired citizenship in 2000

1. United States 898.0 thousand
2. Canada 214.6 thousand
3. Germany 186.7 thousand
4. France 150.0 thousand
5. United Kingdom 82.2 thousand
6. Australia 70.8 thousand
7. Belgium 62.1 thousand
8. Netherlands 50.0 thousand
9. Sweden 43.5 thousand
10. Switzerland 28.7 thousand
And your point is?

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
noticed that according to the CIA World Factbook the noun and adjective for U.S. Nationality are both "American".
< Please insert totally random and rather useless bit of trivia here! >

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
< Please insert totally random and rather useless bit of trivia here! >
Did you know there were many more flies than hamburgers?

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Did you know there were many more flies than hamburgers?
I don't believe it!

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Did you know....

Despite the rumors, chocolate DOES NOT cause acne....

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Yeah right alpha that why whenever i get a box of candy on a holiday and eat i always get a giant zit in the middle of my back.
Hmmmmm must be caused by rumors and placebo effect eh?

zeeblebot

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there were a couple of posts in other threads complaining when people call U.S.ers "Americans".

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
there were a couple of posts in other threads complaining when people call U.S.ers "Americans".
To be honest, as a citizen of the US, it bothers me a little bit that we are called Americans - as if Mexicans and Canadians weren't Americans as well. I am not offended by it or anything. I just think it's a poorly chosen term.

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