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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised by the posts here. It seems like an obvious slur to me. In fact, almost any time you replace a before-the-noun adjective with its corresponding noun form, it sounds worse.

Compare: “my Swedish neighbor”

with: “my Swede neighbor”[/quote]

This is a clever and striking thought exercise [/quote]

Why would Swede neighbor be rude?  Awkward yes.  People say German neighbor rather than Germanic.  People call British people Brits.  New Zealanders are called Kiwis.  I think there are so many case specific instances that your rule falls apart.  I like horses and we call each other horse people.  Non horse people call us horsey people but that isn’t really what we say.  But we aren’t offended. There are dog people and cat people and they don’t fall apart with offense.  There are travel people, not travelers because travelers are an ethic group.  There are cruise people who like to go on cruises but they aren’t cruisers because those people driving around in cars.  Sorry no.  That rule is not a rule.[/quote]

German is like Republican in that the adjective and the noun are the same word. Democrat is the noun and Democratic is the adjective. It’s not hard, people.[/quote]

What about every other example given?  [/quote]

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