They seem to be interchangeable terms, so I am trying to find out which is more lexicographically correct. Google has 618,000 hits for Somalian and 19,000,000 for Somali. I guess "Somali" wins for popular usage, but lets see what the dictionary has to say about this!
From The Free Dictionary:
Somalian - a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia
Somali - a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia
No wonder these pirates are so successful! They are tall, dark, and (mostly Muslim)!
PS: As for Somaliland, it seems they use the term "people of Somaliland." Seems a bit cumbersome to me...
― Viceroy, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 01:43 (seventeen years ago)
Er, to my way of thinking the first is noun, the second an adjective. When the adjectival form is used to denote a person, the object of the adjective is implied. The first is preferable.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 02:50 (seventeen years ago)
Thank you for clearing that up!! Just to make sure I understand, sample sentences would be as such:
"A Somali bauxite factory exploded today." and "That Somalian sped off with my boat!"
correct?
― Viceroy, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 02:58 (seventeen years ago)
Other way around?
― invitation to rabies (╓abies), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:01 (seventeen years ago)
BAUXITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:02 (seventeen years ago)
i c u like rocks
― invitation to rabies (╓abies), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:04 (seventeen years ago)
Bauxite is my favorite export of all time.
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:13 (seventeen years ago)
I wrote a piano piece in 4th grade entitled "Hope for Somalia"
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:16 (seventeen years ago)
Were you born in the early '80s?
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:17 (seventeen years ago)
yes
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:18 (seventeen years ago)
it won first place in the PTA "Reflections" contest.
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:19 (seventeen years ago)
Did you ever have to sing "Heal the World" in school? I did.
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:21 (seventeen years ago)
nope! had an epic NIGHTMARE about "Heal the World" once though. or i guess it wasn't totally about "Heal the World," the whole thing was pretty complicated. it ended with a performance of "Heal the World," on a rotting wood stage in an abandoned/haunted house. michael jackson was wearing like a robe or a coat of many colors or something. the performance was incredible and really long, pretty cathartic considering all the events that led up to it.
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:30 (seventeen years ago)
How about that song that went 'peanuuuuut! peanut butter! (and jelly!)'
― invitation to rabies (╓abies), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:35 (seventeen years ago)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:39 (seventeen years ago)
FIRST YA DIG EM
We even had a little accompanying dance we had to do in front of parents and god and everyone.
― invitation to rabies (╓abies), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 03:59 (seventeen years ago)
Puntland is such an awesome name for pirate country :)
― Ludo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 09:08 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=puntland+oil
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 09:56 (seventeen years ago)