# "Massachusettsers?" "Indianians" Coneccticutters?" What do you guys call yourselves? (Hawaii? Etc... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932 "2016-07-02T17:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/41 "2016-07-04T16:35:48Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > I’ve never heard anyone other than a Texan call themselves after the state they happen to live in. They all say “I live in X.” IME it’s a spectrum. It’s common for Texans to use the denonym, rare in my state NJ, but in between for other states. I’ve definitely heard people besides Texans refer to themselves that way, particularly by the informal ones (like Hoosier). Goes somewhat by age (older more likely) and the culture/politics gap (the left tends to think of state sovereignty as a nuisance, the right tends to support it). ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/42 "2016-07-04T17:58:29Z")
Depending on our genitalia,Michigander, Michigoose or Michigeese if we are more than one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/43 "2016-07-04T23:13:05Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Surely a Caucasian governer of Hawaii would not _not_ say “I am a Hawaiian.” > > (Umm…right?) No, I don’t believe he or she would. That’s one thing I was trying to show, that only ethnic Hawaiians are ever called Hawaiian. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/44 "2016-07-05T02:13:39Z")
So then, there is no demonym for citizens of the 50th state of the United States of America? Weird, and kind of sad. I doubt the governor of Kansas is a Kansan, of Iowa an Iowan, of Delaware a Delewaran… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/45 "2016-07-05T03:05:42Z")
Oregonian (or-a-GO-nian). Depending on what’s happening in the capital, I sometimes refer to them as Oregroanians or Oregonads. In Alaska, you were either an Alaskan, a native Alaskan, or an Alaska Native. The first lives there, the second was born there (like me) and the third is an indigenous person. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/46 "2016-07-05T11:10:15Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Depending on our genitalia,Michigander, Michigoose or Michigeese if we are more than one. Sometimes Mischugginahs. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/47 "2016-07-05T13:13:26Z")
I was a Michigander for a long time, and still retain traces of the accent. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/48 "2016-07-05T13:48:39Z")
I’m a Bostonian. And we say “Massachusite.” ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/49 "2016-07-05T17:07:00Z")
The correct answers to the OP are 1. “Masshole”, “Bostonian”/“from the Pioneer Valley/Berkshires” (the ones who live in the boring suburbs don’t admit it, obviously), or “Bay-Stater”(never actually said, but sometimes written in newspapers or corporate reports or something). 2. “Hoosier” 3. No residents of (or people born/raised in) Connecticut actually feel themselves part of a group with other Connecticut residents/natives, so there is no word for this. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/50 "2016-07-05T17:16:39Z")
The correct demonym for Massachusetts is “Massachusettsan”. Nobody says it or writes it. When this question comes up people offer up lots of possibilities, agree that they all sound terrible, somebody says “Massholes”, and everyone moves on. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/51 "2016-07-05T17:49:29Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Row Dilanders. Located just across the Sound from Lawn Guyland. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/52 "2016-07-05T22:56:39Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > So then, there is no demonym for citizens of the 50th state of the United States of America? > > Weird, and kind of sad. Nah, I lived there for 2-1/2 years, and I don’t think I ever met anyone bothered about this. But I’ll be there again next month, and if the situation has changed, I’ll be back to report it. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932/53 "2016-07-06T12:56:54Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > yeah… it don’t make no sense; but comedian Dave Barry can [shed some light on the subject](http://thesouthern.com/lifestyles/leisure/dave-barry-hoosier-your-daddy-take-a-lecture-from-indiana/article_55cfec33-6f1e-5e37-9956-8b595bb39fd3.html). > Enjoy! That is actually very accurate. I’ve lived here for more than half a century and I have no real idea why we are Hoosiers, but there are lots of fun stories to tell the outsiders. I think it says something about us that we can laugh at ourselves. As far as an " Indianan"… I’ve never heard that term in my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusettsers-indianians-coneccticutters-what-do-you-guys-call-yourselves-hawaii-etc/758932.md?page=2)