Usian/Talk

I have lived in the USA for 24 years and I have not heard of this word before. Since not many people in the U.S. has heard this word before, nor my dictionary has an entry for it. Can the person who made up this word specify how this "word" is pronounced?

I tried many variations, none sounded right.

Us-Sian as in one of "us".
U-Sian as in one of "you".
U-S-sian as in U.S. of A.
U-S-ian?

Easy - just like "asian" except with a "yoo" sound.

According to Webster's standard, the dictionary editors actually maintain a citation of new words as they appeared overtime. See http://www.m-w.com/about/wordin.htm. A word earns its place in the dictionary only when it is proven to have wide-spread usage. If Wikipedia is the only place this word is invented, I would suggest we remove it. Can someone quote some citations of the usage of this word? When and where was it first used? Where did this word come from? Is it from within the US? Or is it from Europe or other part of the world?

I like the article mainly because it deals with the real issue of "An adjectival form for Citizens of the USA" which has been an issue since the 1780's. Whether it stays under this particular heading is not that important, as long as the article stays in one form or another. I have heard the term used elsewhere, and there are 1200 page links to it in google. The word also gets a mention in the faq for alt.usage.english

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From Usian: "There are various reactions to this concern."

I don't think this really adds content to the page -- there are various reactions to a lot of concerns. I'd say cut it or expand it to a few sentences discussing the details of these reactions. (27 September 2001)

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Now that is actually a contentful article, and probably deserves to be linked-to from American. Thank you.

--LMS

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Perhaps the information should reside at America, American, or [alternatives to the word American]?. --LMS

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The above comment refers to information that was removed from this page. --LMS

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I like "Colonican." I've often thought our government had many Colonic qualities...

Yes, but when Commonwealth people refer to the "Colonies" they usually mean Australia, South Africa and/or New Zealand. You've already hijacked "American" for exclusive use, don't try and take another one :)

I think "Colonic" refers to Colon, not to colonies. Not that this is much better... --Zundark, 2001 Nov 16