Delawarians or Delawarites

[venmaz]

OK, who remembers that Taxi episode?

Anyway, the question is put out there....
Is there any state or city in a state where the residents are called name-ites? Like Delawarites, Idahoites...
Theres gotta be one....

 

[tsdragon]

To make matters regard the Dutch more interesting, the people called "Pennsylvania Dutch" in the US are not Dutch, they're German. In this case "Dutch" is a typical Americanization of "Deutsch" ("German" in German). I don't think this has anything to do with the European Dutch, but it might.


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Dimandja]

To further matters (if the forum will allow), the Deutsch (I think) speaking Belgian people are called Flamands or Flemish (oh, and the French speaking are called Wallons or Walloons). Where did that come from?

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[SilentAiche]

Respectfully, I happen to like the title "American" for citizens of the U.S. There are, of course, other nations in North and South America, but they don't have "America" in their nations' names.

After all, "USers" would not sound too good to those who think we use too much of everything anyway. And "You Essayers" doesn't sound write, either.

Honestly, I never thought of "Yank" with the same negative connotation as "Kraut" (or "Gook" or "Jap" or any other nickname for some past war enemy). Am I the only one who missed this? I also never thought of "Limey" that way (no offense to my British friends!) Heck, there's a poster to Tek-Tips who uses Limey in his handle!

Tim

 

[stackdump]

Limey is not offensive to us Brits. [It comes from the fact that hundreds of years ago the British navy ordered its sailors to eat citrus fruit everyday, to ward off scurvy. One of the very first examples of a 'health food'. Limes also happened to have a longer shelf life than anything else.]

So lime eaters or limeys was a kind of friendly fun term, rather than a derogatory one. I always viewed the term yankee the same way.

I think people from the USA should remain and be proud to call themselves "Americans". The only real alternatives would appear to be "North Americans" or maybe "United Statonians".

 

[SkipVought]

"Yank" or "Yankee" means different things depending on WHERE.

Outside of the USA, a Yankee is someone from the States.

Inside the USA, a Yankee is someone from north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

North of the Mason-Dixon Line, a Yankee is someone from the New England states.

In New England, a Yankee is someone from Down Maine.

In Maine, a Yankee is someone who eats apple pie for breakfast.

Skip,

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[Thadeus]

In New York, Yankee has its own meaning. But that's another story.

Pertinent information on the etymology of the term 'Yankee'

Interesting info indeed...

~Thadeus

 

[PaulTEG]

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--Paul

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[TheRambler]

No matter what (north) Americans want to call themselves, the rest of the continent calls them 'gringos'.

Like Skip noted for 'yankee', the word 'gringo' means different things depending on where it is used. Normally it is not derogatory, while 'yankee' or its spanish spelling 'yanqui' it is, like in 'Yanqui go home'.

Regarding the demonyms in question, I would add Vancouverite. Selenite? I'm not sure, how do you call someone from the moon?

 

[SkipVought]

Lunie?

Skip,

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[snuv]

In the UK we have
Liverpudlians or Scousers from Liverpool
Glaswegians from Glasgow
Cockneys from London (If they were born with in the sound of Bow Bells)

Someone from outer space would presumably be a meteorite

"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary

 

[PaulTEG]

Manchesters natives are Mancastrians
Dublin's natives are Dubliners
Galways are Galwegians
Newry are Nyuks
Naas are Naasians

--Paul

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[CajunCenturion]

==> how do you call someone from the moon?

Alien

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[SilentAiche]

Don't y'all mean what do you call someone from the moon?

The "how" would be by radio.

Tim

 

[SkipVought]

You might hoot or howl. ;-)

Skip,

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"Is there really a DOG?"}

 

[TheRambler]

 

[tsdragon]

I'd say someone from the moon would be a "lunatic".

Actually, "selenian" is probably the best term.


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[CajunCenturion]

A 'selenite' is a moon-dweller.



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[SilentAiche]

If from Britain you're a Brit, then from the Moon you're a Moo? Are you considered Moonish? And what do they call it when they drop trousers to offer a vertical smile? Earthing someone?

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Of Yanks: There is a town named Cary next door to Raleigh. Cary is generally a very wealthy town, and considered a bit snobbish. They have very strict building codes so that there's a bit of sameness to its overall appearance. It also seems to have a large population of Northerners, many of whom are techies working in Research Triangle Park. Anyway, some oldtimer a while back decided Cary stood for "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees."

Tim

 

[PaulTEG]

If from Britain you're a Brit

This would be subject to the same rules of containment alluded to earlier with the Yank reference, though technically its a Briton

FWIW
--Paul

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[SantaMufasa]

Tim,

I believe your "Cary" explanation is the origin of the term, "Cash and Cary", right?

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