Emirati

[victor steinbok]

Emiraterians?

VS-)

PS: Yes, I *am* kidding...

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> According to John King of CNN, this is what you call a citizen of the United
> Arab Emirates.
>
> Wikipedia agrees.
>
> In this case the "-i" "suffix of appurtenance" gets tacked onto a
> perfectly normal English word.
>
> Because Emiratis are Arabs. So it sounds better than, I don't know,
> *Emiratians?
>
> JL

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