Re: What is a "national"....?

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:47:49 -0400 "Joseph Pappalardo"
<joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com> writes:
> From: "Dave Faneuf" <tklaundry@juno.com>
> 
> > The way I would use the term is to talk about a citizen of another
> > country "Pakistani National" who is physically in another country, 
> so as
> > an example bin Laden would be a "Saudi National" in Afganistan.
> 
> But he doesn't have to be an 'official' of said country, right?  
> Just a
> citizen...?
> 
> JP


The way the term is commonly used is to denote the country of
origin/citizenship of a person, right or wrong that's how it is used. 
National is not the same as Nationalist.

df