What do you call people from...... Maine, Ohio, Nevada? Can we list them all?

How bout ‘Osloon?’

‘Osluvian?’

‘Oslord?’

‘Osload?’

‘Oslabian?’ (pl. ‘Oslabia’)

I think non-native residents should be called Sandwiches.

Maine people we called nards, short for Mainard (this is when we lived in Maine, the lobster guy we hung with called tourists “Goat roppers”, don’t know where that came from).
Mass drivers just after they go from the far left lane to the exit, cutting you off, at about 80mph are called “Massholes” as previously noted.
I will always be a “masshole” :frowning: , my son a “nard” :cool: .

Well, that’s good to know! Maybe we can start a trend.

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I am sorry I’m not her. I do like to think I’m lovely, though.

I’m a Connecticutian born and bred, from a family of natives, all decidedly not New York oriented, and have never heard the term ‘Connecticuter’ used as any sort of official resident name. Neither Connecticutite or Connectican, for that matter, and honestly, I seemed to have missed Connecticunt, too.

Around here we’re Idahoans, easy and simple.

OK, let’s settle this Connecticut thing once and for all … with Googlefight!

Connectican = 75 results
Connecticunt = 271 results
Connecticuter = 757 results
Connecticutian = 608 results
Connecticutite = 121 results
Nutmegger = 5,020 results

Nutmegger wins by a mile! Too bad no one outside of your state is ever going to use it.

I will back up Nutmegger. I’ve actually heard that used before, and as previously stated, I’m from Indiana.

And as for the "official"cite earlier, nobody in their right mind will ever use Indianan, few will probably ever even heard of it before. We’re Hoosiers, whether or not (definitely not, in my case) root for IU.

I’m an Illinoisian (Ill-ih-no-yan) Hoosier-transplant.

:smiley:

Ok Europeans - we ought to let you join the fun too!

So let’s start with Germany - easy…Germans
British - Britons
Spain - Spanish

Liechtenstein - :confused:

Man, who cares about Europeans, what did they ever do for us? :wink:

I say we start calling folk from the Carolinas, collectively, “Carolingians.” Has a classy ring, donchya think?

I was thinking the other day instead of Idahoan, wouldn’t Idawhore sound better?

I call myself a New Jersrealite. But that’s just me.

I agree! Hello! Some of us left that place for a reason!

Utahn doesn’t look right, but it’s what the newspapers out there use. I kinda like it. It’s different – looks like it needs to buy another vowel.

The best word for someone from New Jersey I’ve heard was Jerseyman, used by Ambrose Bierce a century ago. Only now it would be taken as sexist. “Jerseyperson” hasn’t got the same ring.

The only decent designation I’ve heard for Massachusetts is to drop the state name altogether and use Bay Stater. (That suggests “Garden Stater” as a non-sexist New Jersey native)

Didn’t we just have this discussion a couple of months ago?

matt! you forgot the Islanders!

Now, what about nicknames? E.g. - “flatlanders” for Saskatchewanians; “Bluenoser” for Nova Scotians; other suggestions?

No, I didn’t; they were already mentioned, so I didn’t mention them again.

Utah is “Utahn” Say YOO-tawn.

Best city residence name I’ve run across was when I lived up in Bellingham, WA. I was told residents were Bellinghamsters.

You heard that yet, Johnny L.A.???

Here in Huntington Beach, residents are often called “Sons of Beaches.” At least I think that’s what was yelled at me the other day…

New South Welshmen. Sydneysiders. If from Newcastle, they’re Novocastrians.

Victorians. Mexicans (we’re south of the border). Melburnians/Melbournites.

Queenslanders. Brisbanites.

South Australians. Crow Eaters. Adelaidean.

West Australians. Sandgropers. Perthites.

Northern Territory folk are called Territorians.

ACT people are called Public Servants.

Tasmanians are called Taswegians, or Sis. :smiley:

Some Oregonians call us Californicators. We accuse them of having Oregonrrhea.