A couple of examples of black-GI slang influenced by German

[Duane Campbell]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:14:18 -0400 Wilson Gray

>They referred to the US as "The States" or as the "Land of
> the
> Big PX," whereas the "Unites States Colored Troops," to revive a
> term
> from the Civil War, referred to the US as "The World."

As a white GI, same place, same time, we often referred to the US as "the
World."  Also "the land of the round doorknobs."

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