According to Connecticut FAQs:
Many people in my state are called “Steve”.
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Youse guys are all trolls, unless I hear proof that yer not. 'Fess up, you live under that bridge…
Why do people never seem to check the dictionary for a problem that can obviously be solved with a dictionary?!
Check the dictionary for the name of the states, and it shall give you the answer.
For example, I found all these in the dictionary:
New Jerseyites (I cannot find New Jerseyans…perhaps it is incorrect)
District of Columbia-- you do not refer to people by the federal district they reside in. DC is coexistive with Washington. Use Washingtonian
Illinoisan
Montanan
New Mexican
the list goes on, but frankly, I don’t have the time.
You won’t find “cousin bangin’ redneck” in the dictionary when you look up North Carolina. So, really, what good does the dictionary do ya’.
Tourists.
The last real Florida Cracker took the American Flag from New Cuba (Miami) and left the State years ago for parts unknown.
I always thought that someone from Connecticut was a Connectican.
As for us:
British Columbian
Albertan
(Saskatchewanian?)
Manitoban
Ontarian
Quebecer*
Newfoundlander**
New Brunswicker
Nova Scotian
Prince Edward Islander
As for the territories? I’ve no idea.
*A resident of Quebec is a Quebecer. A francophone resident of Quebec is a Québécois (where the second accent comes from, I’ve no idea.) There is no useful way to distinguish the two in French.
**“Newfie” is generally considered offensive.
As for cities:
Torontonian
Montrealer/Montréalais(e)
Ottawan
Winnipegger
Calgarian
Edmontonian
Vancouverite
Victorian (I swear it’s true)
Haligonian (from Halifax - no idea)
I think Wood Thrush pretty much covered this one. For further input, I’ll move this to MPSIMS.
As for people from the five boroughs (well, four really, no one cares what you call Statan Islanders), you can call us what you wish, just do it with a smile.
The question was what are the people in your state called. Common usage tends to run a bit ahead of the dictionary and there is some local flavor that will not appear in a dictionary.
For instance, the Trolls and the Yoopers in Michigan will not appear in your dictionary.
I doubt we would find Cheesehead or FIB for that matter. (No offense you Illinois-type Bears loving people) For those who don’t know FIB, Illinois is the middle and the other two don’t belong in this forum.
There are Oklahomans in the honky tonk cowboy country.
I have been, on different occassions, a Kansan, a Mississippian, and a Hoosier.
Well Lance Turbo I am a native of North Carolina. I won’t tell you what we call your type here, but it is in the dictionary but I don’t think you could read it anyway and after looking it up there’s not a picture for you to see.
North Carolina is known as the “Tar Heel” State so people either use Tar Heels, or North Carolinians
Suh, I have to disagree about residents of Georgia. You may call us Georgians if you wish, but in practice there are several more accurate terms available, depending on circumstance.
cracker - any white male native (born ‘n’ bred)
redneck - any resident sufficiently indoctrinated in the heritage of our fair state
bubba - any redneck wearing overalls
good ole boy - a redneck who manages to hit the truck bed most times when he throws the empty beer cans out the window
hillbilly - from the Northern part of the state (mostly lost Tennesseeans or Tarheels)
Yankees - visitors from that country up north of Virginia
Damn Yankees - Yankees that stay longer than a year
None of the above terms may be applied to our women. They’re all peaches.
I hope this 's been instructive. Y’all come back, now.
Here we are known as Albertans eh!
Rusty
Illinoisan, but make sure you you don’t pronounce the ‘s’.
ill-i-NOY-an.
I’ve been a Washingtonian most of my life (when I wasn’t a Utahn, an Illinoisan or a New Zealander (Kiwi, En Zedder)). Still, though I’ve lived in the city of Kent, Washington for fifteen years now, it occurs to me I have no idea what residents of Kent call themselves. Kentites? Kentonians? Kenties? Kentellites? Kentingtons? Kenters?
I presume it’s the same as people from Kent in England call themselves. I’ve heard them referred to as Kentish as a group noun but no one would say, “I’m a Kentish, and proud of it!”. Does anyone know?
Kentarians? Kentillists? Kentocks? Kentilevers?
BTW, in the OP Washington was referred to as the rainy state. Former Spokanites, like myself, take offense at characterizing the entire state of Washington as if it were the narrow megalopolis (megalopolitans?) around Puget Sound. It rains a lot in Western Washington but Eastern Washington is fairly dry, while Central Washington is in the rain shadow of the Cascades and is nearly a desert.
Yes, people who live in Utah are called Utahns. Also, the Ute Indian tribe still exists and owns a portion of Utah as a reservation.
I’m from Michigan.
That’s what I say. Not Michiganian, Michigander, or Troll (Lower Peninsula, Bristol Rd. exit off US-23).
In private, though, I call myself “STUPID for staying here! Why didn’t I GET OUT when I had the chance! Sheesh!”
Wood Thrush and Random are both quite correct about the name for residents of Illinois.
But please note that the spoken version comes out as: Ill-annoyin’.
Gotta love it.
Veb
(Transplanted to Illionis.)