# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/81 "2006-02-06T09:30:24Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > What about Utah? Utan’s perhaps? I always just called them “Mormons.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/82 "2006-02-06T13:21:32Z")
> [@Dazzling White Diamonds](#): > > I’m an Illinoisian (Ill-ih-no-yan) Hoosier-transplant. That spelling and pronounciation looks off…I always thought I was Illinoisan, pronounced ill, annoyin’! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/83 "2006-02-06T15:38:18Z")
I always pronounced Illinoisian as “those drooling imbeciles mooning around that grim grey godforsaken soul-lacking pustulent stinking sewage hole of a state” but then I wasn’t in the best frame of mind when I was forced to live there against my will for two years in my mid-teens. I’m a Missourian, born and bred. We don’t really talk about other states much, because until we’ve seen them ourselves, we refuse to believe they exist. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/84 "2006-02-06T16:05:44Z")
> [@Kuizelemartz](#): > > I remember growing up calling people from Ohio, Buckeyes. Never heard of Ohioans or anything like that. “Buckeye” is certainly more common in general usage – though it has the disadvantage that it can also refer to OSU or its football team – but “Ohioan” is also used a lot round here. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/85 "2006-02-06T16:35:43Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > 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. Occasionally they call us Flatlanders. My Maine cousin is fond of the word Masshole. The funny thing is that his parents and their friends all moved to Maine from Massachusetts before he was born, but the irony seems to escape him. :rolleyes: > [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > We’re Bay Staters to the rest of you. This is the one that I hear the most when folks from Massachusetts refer to themselves. Anything else is just too awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/86 "2006-02-06T16:38:56Z")
Hmmmm… I know that we Illinoisians refer to people from Wisconsin as “Cheeseheads” collectively, and they refer to us with the much better F.I.S.H. (F_ckin’ Illinois Sh_t Heads” ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/87 "2006-02-06T17:17:35Z")
Just to note, **Floridan** and **Floridian** are both acceptable variations used to describe people from the state of Florida. Floridan is the “old time” term and has fallen out of favor in the last 70 years or so. Also, that “Michiganite” term is all kinds of wrong. Everyone knows a female from Michigan is called a “Michigoose” and the male of the species is a “Michigander”. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/88 "2006-02-06T17:19:37Z")
> [@Dusty](#): > > “Maniac” is a cute word to use with tourists, but we all agree here that that term is Mainer. I thought maybe it was “down easters”. ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/89 "2006-02-06T17:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Cluricaun** : > Hmmmm… I know that we Illinoisians refer to people from Wisconsin as “Cheeseheads” collectively, and they refer to us with the much better F.I.S.H. (F_ckin’ Illinois Sh_t Heads” I’ve usually used FIB (F **kin’ Illinois B** tard). FISH usually comes into play only in the specific circumstance of a FISHTAB (F\*\*kin’ Illinois Sh\*thead Towing A Boat). 'Cause apparently there aren’t any lakes in Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/90 "2006-02-06T18:43:10Z")
> [@brossa](#): > > I’ve usually used FIB (F **kin’ Illinois B** tard). FISH usually comes into play only in the specific circumstance of a FISHTAB (F\*\*kin’ Illinois Sh\*thead Towing A Boat). 'Cause apparently there aren’t any lakes in Illinois. Sure there are, but we enjoy our occaisonal excursions to Wisconsin, Illinois Largest State Park 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/91 "2006-02-06T18:49:54Z")
Back in my Massachusetts youth, I heard “Massachusite.” Mostly we used “New Englander.” Nobody from Boston is ever anything but a “Bostonian.” Tom Waits and Springsteen have given us “Jersey Girl.” ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/92 "2006-02-06T19:08:36Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > What do you call people from India. I’ve heard the term Hindus. It hasn’t been called “Hindustan” since the late 19th century really… so Indian. Not every Indian in India is Hindu. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/93 "2006-02-06T19:14:26Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > I grew up in Wyoming, and I was taught in school that a person from Wyoming is a Wyomingite. Sounds like a rock to me. A cave formation’s what I thought, too, and I could never bring myself to say it. Got around it with the “I live in Wyoming” dodge. ko, _Pacific Northwesterner_ now ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/94 "2006-02-06T20:24:41Z")
> [@Kuizelemartz](#): > > I remember growing up calling people from Ohio, Buckeyes. Never heard of Ohioans or anything like that. I grew up in Ohio and “Ohioan” was the regular term. We rarely called ourselves Buckeyes, but it was optional. Mostly, though, “Buckeye” is used to refer specifically to Ohio State University. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/95 "2006-02-06T20:28:50Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > 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’ve heard the “what exit” thing many times, but I never got the idea that it was meant to be insulting. Why is it offensive? I usually hear it from New Jerseyans. Why would they be insulting themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/96 "2006-02-06T20:39:09Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > What do you call people from India. I’ve heard the term Hindus. :dubious: I think “Indian” is a rather well-known term these days. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/97 "2006-02-06T21:02:05Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > I think non-native residents should be called Sandwiches. I just say “people from Hawaii.” In my experience, people from other states refer to us as “you lucky bastards.” ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/98 "2006-02-06T21:07:49Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > “flatlanders” for Saskatchewanians Odd. I’ve always heard it as “people who haven’t moved to Calgary yet”… ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/99 "2006-02-06T21:16:37Z")
**Rhode Islander** checking in. Have been: \*New Yawker Pennsylvanian Joisey Boy Pittsburgher \*(No, it’s not the same as being a Pennsylvanian) \*New Mexican Texan Bay Stater / Massachusite / Masshole \*(depending on who you asked) ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644/100 "2006-02-06T23:30:56Z")
I got curious and started to look around. State of Indiana [website](http://www.in.gov/) currently contains an article on it’s homepage titled “Protecting Hoosiers from Methamphetamines.” A search on the term “hoosier” gets you about 20900 results. Search for Indianan gets you 27 results and the question “Did you mean Indiana?”. In at least one result “Indianan” is a typo. Several refer to the Indianan Code, so that sounds like it’s the formal legal term. One result on the first results page asks the very-stilted (to me, at least) sounding question: “Why Should Any Given Indianan Care, Especially Those Who Are Not Overweight/Obese?” from a summit on obesity. So I’d say Hoosier is probably the accepted term. I’m a native Michigander (Michiganite is a new one on me too) who is now an Ohioan. I agree that Buckeyes are primarily OSU fans. Did the same kind of search on Michigan’s website. Michiganite got 0 results, Michiganian 131, Michigander 61. I think Michigander sounds less formal… GT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-people-from-maine-ohio-nevada-can-we-list-them-all/317644.md?page=6)