What Do You Call a Person From-- ?

What Do You Call a Person From-- ?
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Publisher : New York, NY, USA : Facts on File
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015018883523
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Book Synopsis What Do You Call a Person From-- ? by : Paul Dickson

Download or read book What Do You Call a Person From-- ? written by Paul Dickson and published by New York, NY, USA : Facts on File. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein you can learn that people from Del Mar, California are Del Martians, that white residents of Zimbabwe are still called Rhodies, that Cestrian can refer to someone from either Cheshire or Chester (both in England), and that should anyone ever arrive from Venus, it has been decided to call them Cyntherians to avoid any sexual reference. Alphabetical listing of places, residents, and nicknames. Great fun, but not useful for research. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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