# Unusual genitive place names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961 "1999-08-12T21:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![frolix8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@frolix8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frolix8)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/41 "2000-01-20T00:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/42 "2000-01-20T00:17:00Z")
It was the Delaware State Legislature in that episode. I believe they voted for “Delawarians”. Yes, I’ve watched a lot of TV. ---
**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/43 "2000-01-20T02:23:00Z")
Our southeasternmost state is populated by a bunch of Floridiots. I’m a Springfieldian myself. ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/44 "2000-01-20T02:48:00Z")
Deleware - Delewarites? Delewarians? Delewenians? ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/45 "2000-01-20T03:42:00Z")
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! “I’d think God would want to LIMIT my powers.” ---
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/46 "2000-01-20T03:45:00Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/47 "2000-01-20T04:28:00Z")
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. * * * “I’d think God would want to LIMIT my powers.” ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/48 "2000-01-20T04:41:00Z")
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. * * * The Top 10 Greatest Things About Procrastination: 1. ---
**Author:** ![Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nu_Vo_Da_Da)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/49 "2000-01-20T06:07:00Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/50 "2000-01-20T06:16:00Z")
What are people from: l. Thousand Oaks 2. New Mexico 3. New Orleans 4. Montana 5. Alabama ``` called? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/51 "2000-01-20T06:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Philippine Islands. . .f/pilipino/as Alternately, among Filipinos, the terms “Pinoy” or “Pinay” is used to describe someone who is Filipino/a. * * * It’s worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance… ---
**Author:** ![DaveoRad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@DaveoRad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveoRad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/52 "2000-01-20T06:34:00Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Feelgud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Major\_Feelgud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Feelgud)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/53 "2000-01-20T06:53:00Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/54 "2000-01-20T14:41:00Z")
Delaware = Delaweenieans! (Newhart) But seriously, it’s Delawarians! Hey, some of my best friends are Delaweenies, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/55 "2000-01-20T14:42:00Z")
Well, then there’s the ole Baltimoron debate! ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/56 "2000-01-20T15:28:00Z")
\*skelton4947: What are people from: l. Thousand Oaks 2. New Mexico 3. New Orleans 4. Montana 5. Alabama \* ## WAGs: [list=1][li]Thousand Oaksters[/li][li]New Mexicans[/li][li]New Orleaners[/li][li]Montanans[/li][li]Alabamans[/list=1][/li] 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. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/57 "2000-01-20T17:50:00Z")
Seattle? Satellites! ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/58 "2000-01-21T06:52:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/59 "2000-01-20T21:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > … 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. [http://members.xoom.com/labradorian/](http://members.xoom.com/labradorian/) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/60 "2000-01-21T00:35:00Z")
I think that somebody from Canmore (near Banff) is a Canmoron. * * * If I was discussing Lucy Lawless but I wrote Lucy Topless, would that be a Freudian typo? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961.md?page=4)