"Amerika"

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Tue May 29 16:18:05 UTC 2007


On 5/29/07, James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I've always associated the spelling Amerika with
> russian.

Well, there was the 1987 miniseries "Amerika" depicting life in the US
after a Soviet takeover...

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/amerika/amerika.htm


--Ben Zimmer

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