Unusual genitive place names

[matt_mcl]

How many are there?

Oxford - Oxonian
Cambridge - Cantabrigian
Halifax - Haligonian
Liverpool - Liverpudlian
Monaco - Monegasque
Luxembourg - Luxembourgeois

[dougie_monty]

Glasgow--Glaswegian
Madrid--(in Spanish)Madrileno (with the tilde on the "n")
Germania--(in Russian) niemietski

[Torgo]

Minneapolis: Minneapolitans
St. Paul: St. Paulites


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Tim
"My hovercraft is full of eels."

[Strainger]

From Phoenix - Phoenicians

[Strainger]

Oh, and from Maine - Mainiacs

[jayron 32]

I'm going to get in trouble for this...

From massachusetts: Massholes (or if you prefer, Bay Staters)
From Coxsackie, New York: Coxsackers
From Tampa, Florida: Tampons (OK, not true, but it should be)

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Jason R Remy

"One pill makes you taller, and one pill makes you small, but the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all"
-- Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit (Slick, G. 1966)

[ChiefScott]

Indiana: Hoosiers
New York: New Yorkers
Scotland: Scots (?)

[Lumpy]

This raises a question I've wondered about; is there any consistant rule as to which suffix you use to describe the inhabitant of a place? We have -ite -ian -an -er -ek -ese or even the antiquated -ishman.

[BobT]

I think the way to pronounce a place name comes from whatever sounds best. I suppose someone more schooled in linguistics can tell you which sounds go together better.

For the record, I was born an Angeleno (which is pronounced with a long e). Los Angeles adopted a Spanish name (with an English pronunciation) even though San Francisco and San Diego use English style "-an" suffixes.

[Keeves]

Naples - Neapolitan

[AWB]

Utah - Uintans

[Chef Troy]

Here in Dallas we call ourselves "Dallasites," and the standing joke is that the designation is based on people from Paris being "parasites."

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Isle of Mann - Manx

[Falcon]

Annapolis - Annapolitans
Baltimore - Baltimorons (well, I call them that, at any rate.)

[According to Pliny]

Holland = Dutch

But I think this is because of a past misconception by English speakers that they were German (Deutch).

What do the Dutch call themselves? Hollanders? Neaderlanders?

[dougie_monty]

The Dutch, I believe, prefer Nederlanders. According to Tom Burnam, "Considering what happened to the Netherlands at the hands of the DEUTSCH during World War I and World War II, it is not surprising that 'Dutchmen' are not particularly fond of the word."

[Lute Skywatcher]

Michigan - Michiganders
Oregon - Oregonians

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[dougie_monty]

To Jeff Wilson: I hope you don't say "Michigander" to someone from Michigan. They detest that term and prefer Michiganian. (I have an uncle in St. Clair Shoes.)
Lincoln told a Michagan Representative to "quit Michigandering around."
On Hollywood Squares, George Gobel (about 1979) said a Michigander is "a goose that's been run over by a truck."

[dougie_monty]

Excuse me--Jeff Olsen. :)

[Phil Saoud]

Having live in Michigan my entire life (so far) I'd like to say that no one I know detests the name Michigander. We prefer it to Michiganian. That term was forced on us by some bureaucrat who made it our official title. That's reason enough to reject it right there.

[Markxxx]

We always said "Michiganer" with no "D" sound.

[NanoByte]

Havana habanero/as
Puerto Rico puertoriqueño/as
Costa Rica costarricenses
Kosovo Kosovars
Moscow Muscovites
Cyprus Cypriots
Florida Floridians
Carolina Carolinians
Hamburg Hamburgers
Frankfurt Franfurters
Chihuahua Hot Doggers
Long Island Long Gislanders
Rome those people you do as when you're there
I understand the term Californicators is used outside California.

Cyberspace Cyberians

Ones I've never heard:

Santa Cruz Santa Cruisers
Bakersfield Baker's Fielders
Santa Barbara Santa Barbarians
Coalinga Coalingerers
Idaho Idawhores
Illinois Ill Annoyers
San Rafael Sanra Fellers
San Diego Sandy Eggoers
Pocatello Polka Tellers
Whitehorse White Equestrians
Yellowknife Yellow Knifers
Las Vegas Vegans
Winnemucca Winnemuckrakers
Albany Albanians
Malta Malteasers
Crete Cretins
Greece Greasers
Patagonia Patagonads

Ray

[AmyG]

When I was studying in Buenos Aires, residents of the city were referred to as "portenos" (with the tilde over the n). I believe this is because it's a port city.

[CatInHat]

Pittsburgh - Pittsburgher.

Can I get fries with that? :)

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The Cat In The Hat

[NanoByte]

No fries, just Allegheny you can eat.

I guess that 'r' I put in puertorriqueño should've been an 'rr', but of course, in Spanish, such "genitive"/adjectival forms aren't very unusual.

I should've included among those:

Nueva York. . . . . . .neoyorquino/as

Then there's:

Philippine Islands. . .f/pilipino/as

How 'bout:

San Fernando Valley.. .Valley Girl
Gila Bend.. . . . . . .gila monster

Ray

[Alan Q]

NanoByte--
Would that we had some muck to rake! Hottest gossip around here this year (read: century) is the rumor the judge got caught w/a paw in the till.
--Alan Q (Winnemuccan)

[astorian]

Back to England:

Folks from Manchester are Mancunians.
Folks from Newcastle are Geordies.

As for the term "Michigander," it was popularized (though perhaps not invented) by Abraham Lincoln, who jokingly urged some of Michigan's Congressmen to "stop their Michigandering" and get down to serious business.

[matt_mcl]

Is there such a thing as a Valley Boy?

[watson]

Nanobyte wrote:

Yellowknife Yellow Knifers

Actually, residents of Yellowknife *are* called Yellowknifers. I know: I lived there for quite some time.

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[dougie_monty]

Some cities in Los Angeles County, CA;
Hermosa Beach--Hermosans
Gardena--Gardenans
Manhattan Beach--Manhattanites
Redondo Beach--Redondoites (also used for students at Redondo Union High School, my alma mater from 1967) :)
No clues for:
Torrance
San Pedro
Palos Verdes
Long Beach
Lynwood
Santa Monica
Culver City
Inglewood

[tracer]

Well, let's see. There's:

Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Blue Balls, Montana

... Oh! I thought the topic was Unusual Genital Place Names.


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[dougie_monty]

...and what's the term for someone from Maine?

[According to Pliny]

Here you go, dougie:

Torrance - Toreadors
San Pedro - Pedristas
Palos Verdes - PVers
Long Beach - I'm going to pass on this one since I work there and it's way to easy to match up the town's nickname (Queen City) with the fact that it has the largest gay population in So. Cal.
Lynwood - Woodies
Santa Monica - Santa Monicans
Culver City - Culverts
Inglewood - Lakers

[According to Pliny]

I Forgot to explain the last one. NBA players are the only people who would admit to being from Inglewood!

[dougie_monty]

Thanks. :)

[mr john]

Texans at various times have been Texicans,Texians,even Texanians course now we know we're just perfect.My home is in Mesquite I don't think I have heard any thing but ,residents of Mesquite.( Mesquiteite, well loosen the binding)
John Wayne was in many of Republic's B western 'Three Mesquiteers'. One of the high schools is the Skeeters. Chef you know the reason is because most of you Dallasites are a sight to see anyway. Plano is an unremarkable suburb just north of Dallas, they are just Plano folks.Dougie, papa is wrong (!) on at least one... San Pedro-Pederists, and Palos Verdes could be Woodies too,es verdad. Lima ,Ohio- Lima beings
back to britain again-Shropshire Shropshearer ?
Leeds?

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"Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."-Marx

[dougie_monty]

It's been five months since I posed this question, and no Doper has as of yet answered my question about what a native of Maine is properly called...c'mon, puhleeze?? :)

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[BobT]

Originally posted by dougie_monty:
It's been five months since I posed this question, and no Doper has as of yet answered my question about what a native of Maine is properly called...c'mon, puhleeze?? :)


According to Paul Dickson's "Labels for Locals" a resident of Maine is called either a "Mainer" or a "State of Mainer".
He says that "Maineiac" is used for summertime visitors only.

[Arnold Winkelried]

Hey BobT, does that book have a name for inhabitants of "Truth and Consequences (NM)" ?

[BobT]

I'm afraid it doesn't. The Herald, the newspaper of Truth or Consequences always refers to the city as "TorC". I would imagine that a genitive name would be some form of that, perhaps a "TorCian".

[frolix8]

Originally posted by astorian:
Back to England:

Folks from Manchester are Mancunians.
Folks from Newcastle are Geordies.

As for the term "Michigander," it was popularized (though perhaps not invented) by Abraham Lincoln, who jokingly urged some of Michigan's Congressmen to "stop their Michigandering" and get down to serious business.

Wasn't this also a plot point in the show "Taxi" where Jim gets rich somehow and sets up a bunch of TVs tuned to different channels? I remember a scene where the michigan legislature is voting on which name to use and Alex goes ballistic over the results. One of the best Taxi episodes ever.

[BobT]

It was the Delaware State Legislature in that episode. I believe they voted for "Delawarians".

Yes, I've watched a lot of TV.

[APB9999]

Our southeasternmost state is populated by a bunch of Floridiots.

I'm a Springfieldian myself.

[Surgoshan]

Deleware - Delewarites? Delewarians? Delewenians?

[AzRaek]

Big scism here between Coloradoan and Coloradan. Most prefer Coloradan, I think.

Alan Q--no kidding, Willywonka, NV(aka Winn-a-f*cka or Win-not-much-a)? Lived ther for a year little bit ago. Damn, what a bore!


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[Lawrence]

In a certain Midwestern college town that recieves a good deal of its student population from the Chicago metro area (since we have weak admissions standads and would take them after they didn't get into the University of Illinois), Illinois natives are referred to as FIBs, pronounced like "fib", the synonym for "to lie". FIB stands for Fuckin' Illinois Bastard.

I also recall seeing this slogan on the wall of a men's room toilet in Boulder, Colorado:

Here I sit
Cheeks a-flexin'
Squeezin' out
Another Texan

Are there a lot of Dallas and/or Houston metro kids at the University of Colorado or just too many Texans clogging up the ski slopes?

[AzRaek]

Not just the slopes, but the highways leading to them. After a good snow, we count the trucks in the ditch with Texas plates. Don't feel bad, we hate Californicators much worse than Texans.

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"I'd think God would want to LIMIT my powers."

[evilbeth]

In my neck of the woods, we call all the people from Florida who drive up here to their vacation homes "Floridiots"--based on their irritating lack of driving skills.

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[Nu Vo Da Da]

Theres also a Blue Ball Pennsylvania, tracer.
Along with Paradise, and Intercourse it made maps a source of great amusement.
(Blue Ballers?)
(Paradisians?)
(Intercourse...oh never mind)

What are people from: l. Thousand Oaks
2. New Mexico
3. New Orleans
4. Montana
5. Alabama

called?

[Doobieous]

Philippine Islands. . .f/pilipino/as


Alternately, among Filipinos, the terms "Pinoy" or "Pinay" is used to describe someone who is Filipino/a.

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[DaveoRad]

In case anyone cares, residents of Oakdale, Calif., are properly called Oakdalens.

I can't speak for residents of the other Oakdales (in Texas, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania).

Someone mentioned that we San Diego residents are called San Diegans. This is true.

If Atlantis were a real place, its residents and natives would be called Atlanteans, according to a very reliable source (a '70s comic book I read).

[Major Feelgud]

Utah - Utahns
Seattle - Seattlelites
Washington - Washingtonians
New Mexico - New Mexicans
New Orleans - New Orleanders
Neadertal - Neadertals (the only place you can call someone a Neadertal without insulting them).

[Jinx]

Delaware = Delaweenieans! (Newhart)
But seriously, it's Delawarians! Hey, some of my best friends are Delaweenies, ok?

[Jinx]

Well, then there's the ole Baltimoron debate!

[AWB]

skelton4947: What are people from: l. Thousand Oaks
2. New Mexico
3. New Orleans
4. Montana
5. Alabama

WAGs:
[list=1] Thousand Oaksters
New Mexicans
New Orleaners
Montanans
Alabamans[/list=1]

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Judges 14:9 - So [Samson] scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.

[Jinx]

Seattle? Satellites!

[labradorian]

... Oh! I thought the topic was Unusual Genital Place Names.

So let's hijack it!

Balls Creek and Coxheath, not far from each other in Cape Breton Island.

Penus River, Labrador.


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[Ike Witt]

I think that somebody from Canmore (near Banff) is a Canmoron.

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If I was discussing Lucy Lawless but I wrote Lucy Topless, would that be a Freudian typo?

[missdavis102]

Q: What do you call people from Sieux Falls?

A: People from Sieux Falls.

And in answer to an above query, most of us Alabamians like to be called Alabamians, although some like to be called Bubba.

[dougie_monty]

To Doobieous: The usage Filipino exists because "the Spanish do not use ph as we [English speakers] do to represent f." (George Stimpson, [/i]Book about a Thousand Things)[/i] Spanish was the colonial language of the Philippines long before Americans had anything to do with the islands, and obviously we got our word "Philippines" by a different route.