[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]
An Englishman and a Chinaman, respectively.
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Well, Walter Sobchak would have you know that “Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature”.
A Helvetian. Or Helvetii, collectively.
[QUOTE=cmyk]
Well, Walter Sobchak would have you know that “Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature”.
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I don’t know who Walter Sobchak is, but what does he want me to call them?
And somebody from Togo is a Togolese
You are correct, UncleBeer, but:
the plural of Helvetian would be Helvetians (Helvetii would be the latin plural of Helvetius); in addition, almost no one uses Helvetian in English (though in swiss french newspapers, for example, the noun and adjective Helvète is often used.)
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]
An Englishman and a Chinaman, respectively.
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I’m rather surprised that, given its huge population, the entire nation of China consists entirely of males. That England is all-male doesn’t surprise me one bit, however.
Come to think of it, I don’t remember anyone on the SDMB giving their location as Switzerland, or anyplace within it, while most other countries are well represented.
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried]
And if you want to see what a typical Swiss looks like, take a gander here:
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/movies/wm/
(the ladies especially will be interested - yes, Swiss men will be glad to welcome you to their country - don’t worry, it’s work safe. I should also mention that I’m Swiss, and, therefore, of course look like the guys in those pictures)
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oops, didn’t see this.
But judging by your location, you don’t live there anymore?
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]
I don’t know who Walter Sobchak is, but what does he want me to call them?
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Walter Sobchak = John Goodman’s character in The Big Lebowski.
According to that source, you should also be calling White Russians “Caucasians.” 
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus]
But judging by your location, you don’t live there anymore?
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Nope. I remember a few people from Switzerland in the past, but the member names elude me right now.
Sweed?
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
Walter Sobchak = John Goodman’s character in The Big Lebowski.
According to that source, you should also be calling White Russians “Caucasians.”
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Nice!
[QUOTE=diggleblop]
Sweed?
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As noted in the OP, That is reserved for those native to Sweden.
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried]
No.
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:smack: I knew it was (and still is presumably) in Austria. Really! I knew that. :smack: :smack: :smack:
[QUOTE=friedo]
A person from Sweden is a Swede, a person from Finland is a Finn. What’s a person from Switzerland?
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A neuticle.
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried]
You are correct, UncleBeer, but:
the plural of Helvetian would be Helvetians (Helvetii would be the latin plural of Helvetius); in addition, almost no one uses Helvetian in English (though in swiss french newspapers, for example, the noun and adjective Helvète is often used.)
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Curious.
Hel·ve·tian - adjective
- Of or relating to Helvetia or the Helvetii.
- Swiss.
Hel·ve·tian - noun
1.One of the Helvetii.
2.A Swiss.
[From Latin Helvetius.]
Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya]
Wasn’t Vienna in Switzerland at one time? Seems like Vienna’s responsible for more than little sausages.
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No, Vienna was never in Switzerland.
And yes, Vienna’s responsible for A WHOLE LOT more than little sausages.
Well, UncleBeer, maybe I was wrong! I should have checked a source myself. I personally would write Helvetians, but what do I know?
[QUOTE=panache45]
And yes, Vienna’s responsible for A WHOLE LOT more than little sausages.
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Indeed. They have big sausages, as well.
http://www.viennabeef.com/products/category.asp?CATEGORY_ID=2
Ugh! That site has a picture of a bagel dog.
The goggles…
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried]
No.
Swiss is the correct term for a swiss person: in German Schweitzer, in french Suisse, in Italian Svizzero.
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Except in Québec. When you talk about un suisse here, this is you are most likely talking about 
