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To: Kaslin
I don't know it just doesn't sound right. I was born and raised in Germany, and became a citizen in 1977, but I would not call myself a German Native.

So what phrase would you use being a journalist?

12 posted on 09/04/2002 6:09:38 AM PDT by A. Pole
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To: A. Pole
So what phrase would you use being a journalist?

The phrase that I would have used if I were a journalist would have been

Former Polish Native Won't Return To Socialism.

The way I read it, if you say Polish Native (or whatever country) it would apply that the person is a citizen of that particular country, but not a US citizen. Now the word former shows he or she is not a citizen anymore of that country but a naturalized citizen of the US

16 posted on 09/04/2002 1:01:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
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