I got beaten to Glaswegian (my personal favorite)
I also like resident of Liverpool – “Liverpudlian”
I’m not sure what my city should be. We have a running
argument – Budapester or Budapestian. I’ll go with the former.
As for my real home town, Chicago, i think most people
there are called “Kowalski”
Asun Tampereella, olen siis tamperelainen.
In Great Falls, we were the “Fall Guys” to the visiting school’s cheering section. Every game they would chant “Fall Guys! Fall Guys!”
We would remind them when they forgot- it was our favorite way to be insulted. A Cherished Tradition.
I live near Oslo. You know, the one in Norway.
In Norwegian, someone from Oslo is called an “osloenser”.
But as it happens, I’m American and speak English to my kids. What the h*ll does one say in English…?
technically charlotteans, but in reality Ohioans, or Jersey.
reykjavík(smokebaycity): reykvíkingar/borgarbúar(smokebayer/city slicker)
sauðárkrókur(sheepriverhook): sauðkræklingur(sheephooker)
Grundarfjörður(fieldfiord): grúnó/-ingur.(eh…)
Þorlákshöfn(thorlaksharbour): þórsari(thorser)
Stykkishólmur(jumpinghill): hólmari(hiller)
Ólafsvík(olafsbay): ólsari(olafser)
Hafnarfjörður(harbourfiord): gaflari(people to laugh at…)
bj0rn - just to name a few…
I live in a town called Pompton Lakes, so we mostly don’t call ourselves anything. (What would it be? Pomptonians? Lakelanders? Pomptites?)
I used to live in Wayne, but my suggestion of “Wayniacs” was never taken seriously.
I live north of the Bostonians, in Lowell.
We are Lowellians, or to be more specific Dracuteers
Assholes, if they cut me off in traffic.
Pittsburgher. But that’s a good suggestion.
I used to live in Toowoomba and now refer to those residents as “TooWombles.”
Yum! We have our Pittsburgers with extra mustard after the Ravens get through roasting the Steelers!
Jacksonville FL: “guests” and “from h’re” - obviously I am a guest because I can’t write that southern accent
Working backwards:
Bamakoise
Banguioise
from here
not from here
Washingtonian - by all the folks with grey hair
LaLaLand, capital of the Republic of California
Here in Alpine, Texas, we are called (mostly by the folks in south Brewster county):
Alpendejos
(That’s pronounced, “Al-pen-DAY-hoes”)
Which is actually a clever bilingual pun. We just call them “society drop-outs”.
Proud to be an Alpendejo!
I’m in Chicago.
Chicagoans. Or is it Chicagans? Must be the first one.
Hey, I just moved here in October. Before, I was in Tampa, and was referred to as a Tampan. Or Tampon, derrogatorily.
We’ve got “New Yorkers” and “dumb ass tourists who take up the whole sidewalk wandering around looking up in the sky like they’ve never seen a building before”
People here (Columbia, SC) don’t seem to be called “Columbians,” or anything else, very often. “Midlands residents” is what is usually said on the local news. Perhaps due to the great proliferation of sprawly suburbs around here.
Then again, I personally don’t know a single person who lives here who is actually from here. I mean, I came here to go to school, and many other people come for that reason and just stay. I haven’t noticed a great deal of community spirit here, but that might just be my perspective.
Hmm. People from Sanibel, as well as Bonita Springs and Naples are known as “rich”, people from Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Port Charlotte are known as “cultureless”. And of course the population is divided between tourists and natives.
Phoenix = Phoenecian, which, I have to admit, is kind of cool. Detroit = Detroiter, which, is pretty ordinary.
BTW, “tonto” does mean “stupid” or “foolish” in Spanish. Cecil isn’t always right.
No, it isn’t. Tonto DOES mean ‘idiot’ in Spanish. Look it up.
It’s just not the origin of the Lone Ranger character’s name.