# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/21 "2005-08-18T21:01:52Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Indiana - Hoosiers > > Or, at least, as far as I know. I’ve never heard it any different. IS there any other name for people from Indiana? Is Hoosiers the “official” term? More importantly, is there any other state that has a “native title” that has no connection whatsoever to the actual state name? (In other words: most states are like Californian/California; but then there’s Hoosier/Indiana. Any others like that?) ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/22 "2005-08-18T21:03:43Z")
There are two major sub-groups of Texans though. Tea-Sips and Aggies. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/23 "2005-08-18T21:06:09Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > IS there any other name for people from Indiana? Is Hoosiers the “official” term? > > More importantly, is there any other state that has a “native title” that has no connection whatsoever to the actual state name? (In other words: most states are like Californian/California; but then there’s Hoosier/Indiana. Any others like that?) I was born and raised in Indiana (still here!). I’ve never heard anyone call our residents anything other than Hoosiers. What else would we be? Indianans? Indianites? Indians??? ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/24 "2005-08-18T21:09:03Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Jerseyite - 6,360 results > Jerseyian - 862 results I’ve never been sure. So I just say “I’m from New Jersey.” 🙂 ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/25 "2005-08-18T21:11:21Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I’ve never been sure. So I just say “I’m from New Jersey.” 🙂 What exit? ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/26 "2005-08-18T21:14:15Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What exit? This question is, for some reason, one of the things that cracks me up most about living in New Jersey. Depends on where you’re coming from–145 or 154. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/27 "2005-08-18T21:20:10Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > 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. How about “Connecticutian”? Pronounced to rhyme with “Lilliputian”. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/28 "2005-08-18T21:21:32Z")
Arrrgg. I meant … oh, never mind. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/29 "2005-08-18T21:21:48Z")
Yeah, my brother lived in Brooklyn for a few years and when he came down to Houston to visit, he got pulled over for a traffic violation. (I was with him.) Hearing a Texan drawl with a New York license, the policemen asked him if he had moved there, just kind of making conversation. I thought Bro was gonna get off with a mere warning, but then the cop said he was just the other way around, moved to Houston as an adult, but came from New Jersey. Brother offers the what exit line. Ticket ensues. I guess some people are more sensitive to such things. While he lived in NY,NY, I just called him my Damn Yankee brother. 🙂 ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/30 "2005-08-18T21:23:48Z")
Apparantly, arond here anyways, Nebraskans were called Bug Eaters for a while. I guess it was a college team name dealy or something. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/31 "2005-08-18T21:39:13Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Someone once told me that people from New England call people from Massachusetts Massholes. Any truth to that? People from Maine and New Hampshire are the only ones I’ve heard of who use that term. It shows their fondness for us, I’m sure. We’re Bay Staters to the rest of you. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/32 "2005-08-18T21:56:20Z")
Seattlites out here. When I first heard the name, I thought they were joking. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/33 "2005-08-18T22:12:53Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Indiana - Hoosiers > > Or, at least, as far as I know. I’ve never heard it any different. I have lived in Indiana oall my life . I have heard the wodr Hoosier all my life . But what the hell _IS_ a Hoosier ??? 😕😕 Where did this word come from ? Why are we called Hoosiers ? I’m confuzzled . ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/34 "2005-08-18T22:14:16Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I have lived in Indiana oall my life . > > I have heard the wodr Hoosier all my life . > > But what the hell _IS_ a Hoosier ??? 😕😕 > > Where did this word come from ? Why are we called Hoosiers ? > > I’m confuzzled . That is a matter of very serious debate, I don’t think anybody really knows. I’ve heard many different theories, though, none of which are very compelling. ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/35 "2005-08-18T22:32:55Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What exit? 1. ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/36 "2005-08-18T22:34:14Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > 1. :smack: 9_ **1** _. ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/37 "2005-08-18T22:40:42Z")
Newfoundlander! ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/38 "2005-08-18T23:11:15Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > IS there any other name for people from Indiana? Is Hoosiers the “official” term? > > More importantly, is there any other state that has a “native title” that has no connection whatsoever to the actual state name? (In other words: most states are like Californian/California; but then there’s Hoosier/Indiana. Any others like that?) I remember growing up calling people from Ohio, Buckeyes. Never heard of Ohioans or anything like that. I was born a Hoosier. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/39 "2005-08-18T23:16:53Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Prince Edward Islanders > Quebecians and Quebecquois (not sure of the spellings) Actually, it’s Quebecer or Quebecker (for anyone from Quebec) and Québécois (for a French-Canadian from Quebec). In French, _Québécois_ can have either meaning; as an anglophone, I could call myself _Québécois_ when speaking French, but not when speaking English. As for the rest of them: British Columbians Albertans Saskatchewanians Manitobans Ontarians New Brunswickers Nova Scotians Newfoundlanders and Labradorians Yukoners Northerners (or people from the Northwest Territories) Nunavummiut (singular, Nunavummiuq) ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/40 "2005-08-18T23:27:00Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Actually, it’s Quebecer or Quebecker (for anyone from Quebec) and Québécois (for a French-Canadian from Quebec). In French, _Québécois_ can have either meaning; as an anglophone, I could call myself _Québécois_ when speaking French, but not when speaking English. I normally associate Québécois as a French Canadian too. I thought Quebecer was more generic “from Quebec”. I’m a New Brunswicker, but most people from NB aren’t that specific. We’re Maritimers. Nova Scotians from Cape Breton can also user Capers. People from Prince Edward Island usually shorten it all the way down to Islanders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644.md?page=3)