Re: national v nationalist

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:49:53 -0400 Richard Chonak
<rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us> writes:
> 
> Dave F. wrote:
> 
> > So based on the above stating that in a news story that someone is 
> a
> > "Puerto Rican National" is not correct especially when used in 
> connection
> > with an arrest for a drug deal. (as was the case in the original 
> story
> > that prompted this thread) 
> 
> Puerto Rico, while not politically independent, is considered a 
> distinct
> nation for some purposes: e.g., in international athletic 
> competition,
> as the televised opening ceremonies for each Olympic Games will 
> testify.
> [See how I cleverly worked broadcasting into this almost off-topic
> post?]
> 
> --RC

Not off topic at all, the original thread was a comment on a radio news
report of the drug arrest of a Puerto Rican National.  I have never heard
anyone using USOC standards when writing a news story. Sports yes, news
no.

df