# State Residents Are Called...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 8, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973 "2005-05-08T22:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/21 "2005-05-09T08:06:54Z")
For your reference, from your neighbours to the north: British Columbians/_Britanno-colombiens_ Albertans/_Albertains_ Saskatchewanians/_Saskatchewannais_ Manitobans/_Manitobains_ Ontarians/_Ontariens_ Quebecers/_Québécois_\* New Brunswickers/_Néo-Brunswickois_ Nova Scotians/_Néo-Écossais_ Prince Edward Islanders/_Prince-Édouardiens_ Newfoundlanders and Labradorians/_Terreneuviens et Labradoriens_ Yukoners/_Yukonnais_ Nunavummiut/_Britanno-colombiens_ As for the Northwest Territories, I don’t think anyone is quite sure – I’ve seen “Northwest Territorian,” “Northwest Territorial,” “Northwesterner,” and “Northerner” (which last seem a trifle unspecific). If **Ginger** or **Miss Magic8Ball** could help, it’d be appreciated. In French, the term is the refreshingly definitive _Ténois_, from the abbreviation T.N.-O. for _Territoires du Nord-Ouest_. \*In English, “Québécois” is used for a French-Canadian resident of Quebec, whereas a Quebecer is any resident. In French, _Québécois_ can be used for any resident. I’m not Québécois, _mais je suis certainement Québécois._ ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/22 "2005-05-09T10:11:51Z")
Another Indiana resident checking in - this state is definitely full of Hoosiers (among other things). I’m sure that’s confusing as heck to those outside the Midwest, much less outside the US. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/23 "2005-05-09T10:50:02Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > “I’m New Hampshireman!” And what, precisely, is wrong with that? **Askance** , _New South Welshman_ ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/24 "2005-05-09T10:51:29Z")
Things don’t get much clearer on this side of the duck pond either. For example, a person from Leeds is known as a Loiner. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/25 "2005-05-09T10:53:32Z")
> [@mittu](#): > > Things don’t get much clearer on this side of the duck pond either. For example, a person from Leeds is known as a Loiner. Natives of \*\*Oxford \*\*are _Oxonians_, and of course someone from \*\*Manchester \*\*is known as a \*Mancunian \*. Lovely. ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/26 "2005-05-09T11:21:57Z")
As for Massachusetts, its residents are usually called “homo-loving libtards.” At least according to the posters on the Yahoo message boards. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/27 "2005-05-09T11:35:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Newfoundlanders and Labradorians/_Terreneuviens et Labradoriens_ C’mon, Matt. In English, I’ve never seen any (printable) usage other than Newfie. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/28 "2005-05-09T12:48:40Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > For your reference, from your neighbours to the north: > > Nunavummiut/_Britanno-colombiens_ Whether you speak English or French, there’s quite a distance between Nunavut and BC! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/29 "2005-05-09T13:07:06Z")
> [@bizzwire](#): > > As for Massachusetts, its residents are usually called “homo-loving libtards.” At least according to the posters on the Yahoo message boards. You could also go with “Masshole”. I’ve seen that one more than a few times. Robin, who has been a Californian (and an Angeleno, at that), a Texan, and now is a Feeb (per **danceswithcats** ’s usage). ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/30 "2005-05-09T13:08:50Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > And just don’t TOUCH the ‘Delawarian/Delawarite’ issue. That one’s tricky. Just learn their names–there’s only 6. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/31 "2005-05-09T13:11:16Z")
I’ve always felt more like a Michigoose than a Michigander, but no one asked me. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/32 "2005-05-09T20:03:38Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Whether you speak English or French, there’s quite a distance between Nunavut and BC! 🙂 Yeah, I knew I was going to typo my copy&paste somewhere. _La prévisualisation est mon amie…_ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/33 "2005-05-09T20:15:38Z")
Meeen-ah-sooooo-tan. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/34 "2005-05-10T00:29:02Z")
> [@Digital Stimulus](#): > > kamaai’na Kama’aina. You put the mark where your breath stops when you say it. 🙂 They left DC off of that list. I used to call them DCers but I think Washingtonians was more common. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/35 "2005-05-10T00:40:13Z")
> [@chique](#): > > Kama’aina. You put the mark where your breath stops when you say it. 🙂 Dagnabbit. Thanks. Do you happen to remember the Hawaiian word for non-resident (sorta the opposite of _kama’aina_)? ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/36 "2005-05-10T00:48:02Z")
\*(@!% tourists? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/37 "2005-05-10T00:50:47Z")
> [@chique](#): > > \*(@!% tourists? 😃 No, no. That’s correct, but multi-lingual. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/38 "2005-05-10T00:54:22Z")
The page linked by **Joe K** lists malihini as an option but I didn’t hear that nearly as often as haole. Or \*(@!% tourists, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/39 "2005-05-10T00:57:55Z")
> [@chique](#): > > The page linked by **Joe K** lists malihini as an option but I didn’t hear that nearly as often as haole. Or \*(@!% tourists, for that matter. Ah, that’s the one. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973/40 "2005-05-10T03:47:26Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Virginia: easy, Virginians > Florida: Floridians > > Indiana: ? > Maine: ? > New Hampshire: ? Hoosiers, Downeasters, & who cares, respectively. I suppose you think that people in Holland are Hollanders, too. By the way, residents of N. Carolina are Tarheels. I call residents of S. Carolina Palmettoes. OTOH, residents of Missouri, Kansas, & Oklahoma really are Missourians, Kansans, & Oklahomans, though the last are Okies for short. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residents-are-called/302973.md?page=3)