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...Frank Lloyd Wright has suggested the handle of "Usonian." I think that's a decided improvement if a new adjective is to be sought, as I believe it should be. "Misonian" is likely to be confused with "Minnesotan" or "Smithsonian." ... I advance "Usamian" from United States of America, pronounced with a short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...only hope that if I call a friend a "Usamian" he won't think I said, "You simian." HARRY H. PIERSON Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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