# Suffixes for inhabitants of a place: any rule? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffixes-for-inhabitants-of-a-place-any-rule/202519 "2003-09-19T01:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffixes-for-inhabitants-of-a-place-any-rule/202519/21 "2003-09-24T00:34:24Z")
Dalleks? 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffixes-for-inhabitants-of-a-place-any-rule/202519/22 "2003-09-24T01:23:25Z")
> [@](#): > > I heard it said while we were in Maine on vacation that “down East” is in reference to the Maine coast, which, for the other residents in the state is both “down” and “east.” So, does “Down Easter” only refer to a Mainer who lives near the coast, or has the term come to include all Maine folk? BTW: A coworker recently returned from a vaction in Maine. He says that Mainers call people from Massachusetts “Massholes.” Mostly due to the way they drive 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lucky\_henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lucky\_henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucky_henry)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffixes-for-inhabitants-of-a-place-any-rule/202519/23 "2003-09-24T01:40:20Z")
Residents of Baghdad should be called Baghdadis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffixes-for-inhabitants-of-a-place-any-rule/202519.md?page=1)