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Ken Miner
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:24 am
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What is the proper term for a citizen of any of the British Commonwealth
countries?
Thanks for any help.
Ken
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Giles Todd
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Ken Miner
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:39 am
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"Giles Todd" <g@prullenbak.todd.nu> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Citizen of a Commonwealth member country" would do, I suppose, but it
is clumsy. What is the context of your question?
Giles
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I had written the line "A person who doesn't know whether to eat an egg from
the shell, like the British and Commonwealthians, or to fry it, like the
Americans, will poach it, as a wimpish compromise." Then it seemed to me
that "Commonwealthians" may not be the right word.
Ken
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:41 am
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:24:21 -0500, "Ken Miner" <miner@sunflower.com>
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| Quote: | What is the proper term for a citizen of any of the British Commonwealth
countries?
Thanks for any help.
"Commonwealth Citizen" is the phrase I am familiar with. |
The phrases "Commonwealth Citizen" and "Citizen(s) of the Commonwealth"
are used by the Commonwealth Secretariat:
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/
and from the Young Commonwealth website:
http://www.youngcommonwealth.org/cw_text_only_version/ic_chap_09.html
Simply by living in one of the countries of the Commonwealth,
we are Commonwealth citizens.
The guidance notes for the (UK) Electoral Registration Form which I
filled in a few days ago says: "To be included in the register an
elector must be a British or Irish citizen, other Commonwealth Citizen
or a citizen of a member state of the European Union".
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Peter Duncanson
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:57 am
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:39:25 -0500, "Ken Miner" <miner@sunflower.com>
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"Giles Todd" <g@prullenbak.todd.nu> wrote in message
news:rk1ci1553jvthcqqaf4ii6hqeh1oa3o02g@4ax.com...
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"Citizen of a Commonwealth member country" would do, I suppose, but it
is clumsy. What is the context of your question?
Giles
I had written the line "A person who doesn't know whether to eat an egg from
the shell, like the British and Commonwealthians, or to fry it, like the
Americans, will poach it, as a wimpish compromise." Then it seemed to me
that "Commonwealthians" may not be the right word.
Google finds a few examples of "Commonwealthian" used in reference to |
people of the Commonwealth of Nations (as it has been since 1946).
Commonwealthian is an "unofficial" and informal word. I think that it
would be acceptable in informal writing. In your example: "like the
British and Commonwealthians" it is clear which commonwealth is meant.
There is unlikely to be confusion with the Commonwealth of Independent
States (12 former Soviet Republics), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
or the Commonwealth of Australia
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Peter Duncanson
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Paul Burke
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:36 pm
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Ken Miner wrote:
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I had written the line "A person who doesn't know whether to eat an egg from
the shell, like the British and Commonwealthians, or to fry it, like the
Americans, will poach it, as a wimpish compromise."
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What makes you think the British don't fry eggs? And what about
scrambled ommelettes?
That "Commonwealthian" is so much like "Cromwellian" that it makes me
think you are talking about the Revolution, and of course you can't make
a commonwealth without breaking legs.
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Nick Wagg
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:29 pm
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"Paul Burke" <paul@scazon.com> wrote in message
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That "Commonwealthian" is so much like "Cromwellian" that it makes me
think you are talking about the Revolution, and of course you can't make
a commonwealth without breaking legs.
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Cancel Christmas! |
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Giles Todd
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:27 am
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:39:25 -0500, "Ken Miner" <miner@sunflower.com>
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| Quote: | I had written the line "A person who doesn't know whether to eat an egg from
the shell, like the British and Commonwealthians, or to fry it, like the
Americans, will poach it, as a wimpish compromise." Then it seemed to me
that "Commonwealthians" may not be the right word.
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"...like the British and those from the Commonwealth..." might do, but
it sounds snotty to me. "Colonials" might work, but would get you
beaten to death (in the most humane way possible under the
circumstances) by the politically correct.
Umm... Dunno. Maybe your version is better. As others have pointed
out, it ought to be understood correctly given the context.
Giles |
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Ivan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:33 am
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Giles Todd wrote:
| Quote: | On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:39:25 -0500, "Ken Miner" <miner@sunflower.com
wrote:
I had written the line "A person who doesn't know whether to eat an egg from
the shell, like the British and Commonwealthians, or to fry it, like the
Americans, will poach it, as a wimpish compromise." Then it seemed to me
that "Commonwealthians" may not be the right word.
"...like the British and those from the Commonwealth..." might do, but
it sounds snotty to me. "Colonials" might work, but would get you
beaten to death (in the most humane way possible under the
circumstances) by the politically correct.
Umm... Dunno. Maybe your version is better. As others have pointed
out, it ought to be understood correctly given the context.
Giles
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The Commonwealthy? No? OK.
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Giles Todd
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:07 am
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On 13 Sep 2005 17:33:12 -0700, "Ivan" <vorotyntsev@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | The Commonwealthy? No? OK.
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<*giggle*>
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Ken Miner
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:07 am
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Thanks to all. It appears my original word was not all that bad and will
have to do. (The piece is light humor and not to be taken seriously as
comparative eggery...)
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:13 am
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Ken Miner wrote:
| Quote: | "Giles Todd" <g@prullenbak.todd.nu> wrote in message
news:rk1ci1553jvthcqqaf4ii6hqeh1oa3o02g@4ax.com...
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"Citizen of a Commonwealth member country" would do, I suppose, but
it is clumsy. What is the context of your question?
Giles
I had written the line "A person who doesn't know whether to eat an
egg from the shell, like the British and Commonwealthians
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Why not "...like those from/the people of-Britain and the Commonwealth"? |
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