Homeland, Motherland

[pskuhlman at JUNO.COM]

I believe"homeland defense" is a military term that has been borrowed in
naming the new cabinet level department, but don't know when it
originated in the military lexicon.

Patricia Kuhlman
pskuhlman at juno.com
Brooklyn, NY

On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:44:07 -0400 Thomas Paikeday
<t.paikeday at SYMPATICO.CA> writes:
> I wonder if this use of "homeland" is another example of the "Bush
> Dyslexicon," like the use of "infinite" in "Infinite Justice."
>
> leslie savan wrote:
> >
> > Gov. Tom Ridge will head the new cabinet-level Office of Homeland
> > Security. "Homeland" evokes for me the sound of "Motherland" and,
> to a
> > lesser degree, "Fatherland." Is there anyone out there who has
> detailed
> > the history of these words and how, if at all, they've been used
> > interchangeably?
>