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I had to explain this to someone recently, and I was surprised that no other country seems to have a voluntary demonym that is completely unrelated to the name

by wepple 9y ago

I had to explain this to someone recently, and I was surprised that no other country seems to have a voluntary demonym that is completely unrelated to the name of the place? In English anyway.

pix64 9y ago
Yank isn't related to the name of the US.
- wepple 9y ago
  Yeah I missed that one, although I've never heard it used voluntarily? Yankee maybe, but still not common.