History of Usian

	Revision 33 . . (edit) November 16, 2001 8:48 pm by NickelKnowledge [close-paren]
	Revision 32 . . November 16, 2001 7:08 am by ManningBartlett [copyedit -removed a redundancy]
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The word Usian is one of the many attempts to create an adjective--specifically, a demonym?--for United States nationals, as an unambiguous alternative to "American", which is the term usually used. Mentions of the word, and proposals to use it (or close variants), have been around at least since the first half of the 20th century. The usage of "Usian" is extremely uncommon, and has never been common.

The word Usian is one of the many attempts to create an adjective--specifically, a demonym?--for United States nationals, as an unambiguous alternative to "American", which is the term usually used. Mentions of the word, and proposals to use it (or close variants), have been around at least since the first half of the 20th century. The usage of "Usian" is not common.

Changed: 5c5

Other words that have been suggested for the same purpose are Columbian, Columbard, Fredonian, Frede, Unisian, United Statesian, Colonican, Appalacian, Usian, Washingtonian, Usonian (among whose users was Frank Lloyd Wright), Uessian, U-S-ian, and Uesican (in approximately historical order from 1789 to 1939, according to Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage.

Other words that have been suggested for the same purpose are Columbian, Columbard, Fredonian, Frede, Unisian, United Statesian, Colonican, Appalacian, Usian, Washingtonian, Usonian (among whose users was Frank Lloyd Wright), Uessian, U-S-ian, and Uesican (in approximately historical order from 1789 to 1939, according to Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage).

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There are various reactions to this concern.