# What do you call a person from..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187 "2012-03-29T18:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steveo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@steveo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steveo1)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/1 "2012-03-29T18:38:29Z")
I was recently talking with a guy from Connecticut, and I asked him, “What do you call a person from Connecticut?” And he said, “Um…cold?” But he couldn’t up with a term. We wondered “Connecticutter?” And what about someone from Massachusetts? Or, how about Kansas and Arkansas? Is someone from Maine a Maniac? I know that someone from Illinois is an Illini. And here in California, a person from Marin County is a Marinite, and someone from LA is an Angeleno. Most everywhere else the terms are kind of obvious, though I’m sure there’s other place names as well that don’t lend themselves to terms for natives. Any ideas out there? Steve the Californian (Or Californicator?) ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/2 "2012-03-29T18:42:23Z")
> [@steveo1](#): > > And what about someone from Massachusetts? Well, up in Vermont and New Hampshire,we called them Massholes. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/3 "2012-03-29T18:44:13Z")
Dorothy was a Kansan. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/4 "2012-03-29T18:51:00Z")
Someone from Maine is a “Mainer,” though Mainiac is also used. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/5 "2012-03-29T18:51:59Z")
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_demonyms\_for\_U.S.\_states](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demonyms_for_U.S._states) An answer to all of the demonyms for the 50 US states 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/6 "2012-03-29T18:52:22Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > Well, up in Vermont and New Hampshire,we called them Massholes. In Rhode Island, too. (We call ourselves “Roe-Dylan-ers”). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/7 "2012-03-29T20:12:44Z")
> [@steveo1](#): > > I know that someone from Illinois is an Illini. I’ve never heard “Illini” used to refer to Illinoisians in general; rather, it refers to students and/or athletes at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). > [@drewtwo99](#): > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_demonyms\_for\_U.S.\_states](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demonyms_for_U.S._states) > > An answer to all of the demonyms for the 50 US states 🙂 So the answer to the OP’s question, apparently, is “Connecticuter.” Cuter than what? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/8 "2012-03-29T20:16:14Z")
People from Michigan are called Michiganders. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/9 "2012-03-29T20:20:23Z")
Connecticut: though not popular with everyone, I like Nutmegger (for the nutmeg state). Connecticuters works too. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/10 "2012-03-29T20:21:57Z")
Imagine my concern at being from Tampa. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/11 "2012-03-29T20:24:57Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > People from Michigan are called Michiganders. A Jewish friend of mine moved to Michigan. We call him a meshugana ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/12 "2012-03-29T20:41:35Z")
Utah=Utards. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/13 "2012-03-29T20:50:02Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > Someone from Maine is a “Mainer,” though Mainiac is also used. We never used anything but Maniac. And in Boston, we’d usually think of people from Connecticut as: New Yorkers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/14 "2012-03-29T20:55:17Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > People from Michigan are called Michiganders. Well, the males are. The females are Michigeese. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/15 "2012-03-29T20:56:22Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Well, the males are. The females are Michigeese. 😉 _cymbal crash_ Good one! ---
**Author:** ![randomface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@randomface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomface)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/16 "2012-03-29T21:13:57Z")
I think the official term for someone from Arkansas isn’t an Arkansan but an Arkansawyer. ---
**Author:** ![steveo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@steveo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steveo1)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/17 "2012-03-29T21:25:51Z")
Thanks everyone. The Wikipedia referral cleared it all up. And I stand corrected about Illinois persons. And to ShibbOleth in Tampa, it seems you’ve got the same dilemma as the folks who belong to Mensa. Aren’t they called Mensese? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/18 "2012-03-29T22:42:46Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > Someone from Maine is a “Mainer,” though Mainiac is also used. I thought they were “down-easters”. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/19 "2012-03-30T02:06:24Z")
Conneticutioners? ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-from/617187/20 "2012-03-30T02:18:00Z")
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