# What do you call people from...... Maine, Ohio, Nevada? Can we list them all? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644 "2005-08-18T19:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/1 "2005-08-18T19:47:16Z")
I’d like to know if we can list what people are called from all 50 states and Canadian Provinces. **People from** - California - Californians Arizona - Arizonians Alaska - Alaskans Rhode Island - Rhode Islanders Vermont - Vermonters Texas - Texans What are some of the hard ones…Like Nevada and the Carolinas? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/2 "2005-08-18T19:51:23Z")
We are Nevadans. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/3 "2005-08-18T19:54:53Z")
North or South Carolinians, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/4 "2005-08-18T19:55:30Z")
Ohio - Ohioans Florida - Floridians ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/5 "2005-08-18T19:55:55Z")
Proud **Michigander** , here. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/6 "2005-08-18T19:58:19Z")
The people I know in Maine call themselves Maniacs, but other people seem to call them Mainers. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/7 "2005-08-18T19:58:28Z")
Mainers, Ohioans, Nevadans. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/8 "2005-08-18T20:00:42Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > Proud **Michigander** , here. I thought you all self-identified as either a UP’er or Troll! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/9 "2005-08-18T20:00:44Z")
I never could get a good concensus on what we folks from the great state of **Connecticut** should be known as. ‘Nutmegger’ was a popular choice, but of course that means nothing to people from outside New England. I always thought ‘Conneticutian’ had style, but no one else seemed to like it. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/10 "2005-08-18T20:03:17Z")
Hawaiians Wisconsinites Iowans Oklahomans Washingtonians Prince Edward Islanders Quebecians and Quebecquois (not sure of the spellings) Kansans Georgians Glad to see “Michigander” is still out there. When I lived in Michigan there was a huge public debate over whether we should be Michiganders or Michiganians. It seemed like Michiganians got adopted broadly but I was always a one-boy pocket of resistance. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/11 "2005-08-18T20:03:58Z")
Someone once told me that people from New England call people from Massachusetts Massholes. Any truth to that? ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/12 "2005-08-18T20:10:26Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > I thought you all self-identified as either a UP’er or Troll! It depends on who’s doing the self-identifying. “Trolls” is what \*\*Yoopers \*\* call us folk who live “under the bridge”. People who work on Mackinac Island - arguably right in the middle between the UP and the rest of the state - call us “ **Fudgies** ”. All of us. And you too, if you go there. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/13 "2005-08-18T20:13:34Z")
Indiana - Hoosiers Or, at least, as far as I know. I’ve never heard it any different. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/14 "2005-08-18T20:15:24Z")
Coloradans or Coloradoans. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/15 "2005-08-18T20:35:08Z")
Born Texan, living in OKC, OK right now. Most Oklahomans refer to themselves as Oklahomans, but some self identify as Okies. Yes, at one time a certain other subset of the US called Oklahomans Okies in a disparaging manner, but that old Dust Bowl / Grapes of Wrath meaning seems to have died out entirely. So, either would appear to be okay. ymmv but I’ve never seen anyone take offense at the word. FTR, I often call many of my Okie friends and family a bunch of cheating land theives. Yep, Sooners. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/16 "2005-08-18T20:44:03Z")
Proud Jerseyian here. Or, possibly a Jerseyite. Hmm…lesse what [Googlefight](http://googlefight.com/) has to say on the subject. Ok, looks like I’m a **Jerseyite** : Jerseyite - 6,360 results Jerseyian - 862 results ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/17 "2005-08-18T20:44:44Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Someone once told me that people from New England call people from Massachusetts Massholes. Any truth to that? I can attest to the veracity of that statement. Indeed - Masshole has emanated from my lips whilst driving on many occasions. It’s just too easy, I mean, how can you not? I even call people from Connecticut/New York and New Jersey Massholes when I experience that sort of driving behavior that so merits the name - I mean “New YorkHole” doesn’t have the same eloquence. As for people from Maine, Maniac is the informal (to be used with other “maniacs”, Mainer is the formal (to be used amongst people “from away”). That’s my story and I’m sticking with it. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/18 "2005-08-18T20:56:22Z")
> [@Crab Rangoon](#): > > I can attest to the veracity of that statement. Indeed - Masshole has emanated from my lips whilst driving on many occasions. It’s just too easy, I mean, how can you not? I even call people from Connecticut/New York and New Jersey Massholes when I experience that sort of driving behavior that so merits the name - I mean “New YorkHole” doesn’t have the same eloquence. > > As for people from Maine, Maniac is the informal (to be used with other “maniacs”, Mainer is the formal (to be used amongst people “from away”). That’s my story and I’m sticking with it. I’m from Connecticut, and you had better not call me a Masshole! 😉🙂 Connecticut = Connecticutite or Connectican … I think… ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/19 "2005-08-18T21:00:00Z")
New Mexicans - that one’s easy. I’ve always considered it to be New Jerseyan, or perhaps more commonly, “Those mean crazy scary people.” Pennsylvanians, of course - another easy one. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/20 "2005-08-18T21:00:59Z")
“Maniac” is a cute word to use with tourists, but we all agree here that that term is Mainer. “Here” being the operative word. Different places may have different standards, I can only speak for mine. I could see Maniac being more in use on the tourist-oriented coast. (“Tourist” is another tourist word. They’re known as “those from away” to locals, and are viewed with much reservation. That isn’t an invention of eastern movies.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644.md?page=2)