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8:19PM
Feb-22-08
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Jess Maya
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Hi,
We were just thinking about the collective nouns for people from particular countries. For example, people from Australia are called Australians. This seems pretty easy, but what about people from countries such as Dubai?
Thanks! Jess 
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9:10AM
Feb-23-08
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Kari
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I think they call anyone from the UAE an Emirati. But I don’t see why you couldn’t call them Dubaians if they’re from Dubai. It sounds logical, and I think most people would know what you were talking about. I’ve also heard “Dubawi.”
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Remember also that for many people, their nationality is not limited by political boundaries but rather by much older and deeper cultural ties. I think some residents of Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UAE, etc, are Arabs or Arabian. Some people in Iraq are Sunni, some Shiite, some Kurd. Many people living in Israel are Palestinian.
Especially when dealing with smaller states in Europe and the Middle East I think the political boundaries should not trump cultural identities.
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11:35AM
Feb-28-08
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dhenderson
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People from the capital of France must be Parisites.
If the ruler of pre-revolution Russia was the Czar and his wife was the Czarina, does that make their kids Czardines?
Finally, if a felon commits felony and a glutton commits gluttony, that’s proof that God is an iron.
OK; I’ll stop now.
Dan
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8:45PM
Apr-28-08
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Curious
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Well if Nigerians are from Nigeria, what on earth is someone from Niger called?
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8:55PM
Apr-28-08
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Curious
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Actually I just found:
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/placename.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger
(see demonym on the right hand side)
shows it to be Nigerien (with an e), must cause some confusion at borders (not the bookshop)!
Meanwhile, Wikipedia confirms the above post of Emirati:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE
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11:07AM
Apr-29-08
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Wordsmith
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To make things simpler, (and I could post this under Recommended Reading, but I’ll go ahead and do it here) everyone should grab a copy of Labels for Locals by Paul Dickson. I recommend it to all logophiles, not just onomaphiles(sp.?).
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I second that book recommendation. It’s not an accident that I’m quoted in a blurb on the cover of the second edition. 
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