Partie 1 : À l′échelle du monde
Chapitre 5 : Nations and countries
People, page 16
| Europe | the Europeans | a European | European |
| Germany | the Germans | a German | German |
| Norway | the Norwegians | a Norwegian | Norwegian |
| Britain | the British | a British person | British |
| Scotland | the Scots, Scotsmen | a Scot, a Scotsman | Scottish |
| Denmark | the Danes | a Dane | Danish |
| Poland | the Poles | a Pole | Polish |
| Spain | the Spanish, Spaniards | a Spaniard | Spanish |
| Turkey | the Turks | a Turk | Turkish |
| Greece | the Greeks | a Greek | Greek |
| Holland, the Netherlands | the Dutch | a Dutchman | Dutch |
| Ireland | the Irish | a Irishman | Irish |
| Wales | the Welsh | a Welshman | Welsh |
| Lebanon | the Lebanese | a Lebanese | Lebanese |
| Portugal | the Portuguese | a Portuguese | Portuguese |
| Japan | the Japanese | a Japanese | Japanese |
| Pakistan | the Pakistanis | a Pakistani | Pakistani |
| Israel | the Israelis | an Israeli | Israeli |
| Thailand | the Thais | a Thai | Thai |
| Switzerland | the Swiss | a Swiss man | Swiss |
Henry James was American born but spent most of his writing career in England.
When it comes to nationality or citizenship, there are two types of rights: the right of the soil and the right of blood. The former gives you the right to nationality of a given country if you were born in that country.
The latter (the right of blood) depends on your parents: if one of them is a citizen of a given country, you can claim citizenship of that country.
Quite a few countries have a mixture of those two rights, like Canada, the United States, Israel and Germany.
Food for thought, page 17
An old popular joke
Heaven is where the cooks are French, the police are British, the mechanics are German or Swiss, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Germans or Swiss.
Hell is where the cooks are British, the police are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians.