Anyone have any funny adjectival forms of American cities?

My wife grew up in the next town over from me, Livermore (you may have heard of their lab). We always called them Livermorons.

MiniBen1 wrote:

Anyone have any funny adjectival forms of American cities?

My wife grew up in the next town over from me, Livermore (you may have heard of their lab). We always called them Livermorons.

People from Utah are called Utahns. Sounds like a sub-atomic particle.


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I don't actually know what people from Gainesville are called (Gainesvillians?...not to be confused with Gainesvillains.). We just refer to them as ACR's - Alachua County Residents. I'm pretty sure I'd be labelled as a Boca Ratonian, since technically that's where I live...even though I'm only there about a quarter of the year.

Anyway, the term "Floridian" has always bothered me, because there's no i in between the d and the a in Florida. But I guess that's true for a lot of the adjectival forms of places.. It's for a similar reason that I refuse to call our neighbor to the north anything but "Canadia" (serious).

I've never heard an official name for those of us who live in Crane, but I'm going to call us Craniums!

Skillet9886 wrote:

I don't actually know what people from Gainesville are called (Gainesvillians?...not to be confused with Gainesvillains.). We just refer to them as ACR's - Alachua County Residents. I'm pretty sure I'd be labelled as a Boca Ratonian, since technically that's where I live...even though I'm only there about a quarter of the year.

Anyway, the term "Floridian" has always bothered me, because there's no i in between the d and the a in Florida. But I guess that's true for a lot of the adjectival forms of places.. It's for a similar reason that I refuse to call our neighbor to the north anything but "Canadia" (serious).

Not to mention those folks down south in Panamania.

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Skillet9886 wrote:

I don't actually know what people from Gainesville are called (Gainesvillians?...not to be confused with Gainesvillains.). We just refer to them as ACR's - Alachua County Residents. I'm pretty sure I'd be labelled as a Boca Ratonian, since technically that's where I live...even though I'm only there about a quarter of the year.

Anyway, the term "Floridian" has always bothered me, because there's no i in between the d and the a in Florida. But I guess that's true for a lot of the adjectival forms of places.. It's for a similar reason that I refuse to call our neighbor to the north anything but "Canadia" (serious).

Not to mention those folks down south in Panamania.

And Canadia?

Anyone know what people from Halifax are called? Yes, I know but this might be one of those "trivia nuggets."


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JayLewis wrote:

Anyone know what people from Halifax are called? Yes, I know but this might be one of those "trivia nuggets."

Don't ask me, I still get the giggles when I say "Regina".

Halifacians?

JayLewis wrote:

Anyone know what people from Halifax are called? Yes, I know but this might be one of those "trivia nuggets."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia#Haligonians


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I was surprised to read Ken found Torontonians interesting.

I'm from Mississauga, I don't even know what our citizens our called.


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Omnicron wrote:

I was surprised to read Ken found Torontonians interesting.

I'm from Mississauga, I don't even know what our citizens our called.

Mississoggies?

Skillet9886 wrote:

Anyway, the term "Floridian" has always bothered me, because there's no i in between the d and the a in Florida.

It's probably so that everyone won't confuse the term with the giant aquifer. OK, maybe not.

--Raj Dhuwalia, former Gainesvillian, current West Toluca Lakan, soon to be North Hollywoodsman

Also, note that people from Tampa are Tampans, and NOT Tampons.

I used to work with a fellow from Connecticut (state Motto "The Second C is Silent") who said that people
who live in Bridgeport should be called "Bridgeportions".

I live in Durham, frequently pronounced "Durm", which would then make persons such as myself Durmites,
which rhymes with termites. I wonder if folks in Raleigh are "Ralwegians"...

What about multi word cities:
salt lake citizens?
stratford-upon-avonians?

on a different note, are all people from the washingtons capital Olympians, or just the sporty ones?

I'll get rid of one of the obvious ones:

Phoenix ---> Phoenicians


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Stepping outside of the country for a minute, I just needed to share what I thought was a hilarious observation when I was 13: I thought if we called people from Wales Welch why couldn't we call people from Belgium Belch? It never caught on. (And then I lived in Great Britain and found out that people from Wales are Welsh. Ruined the whole thing.)


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Hambo wrote:

Also, note that people from Tampa are Tampans, and NOT Tampons.

I thought they were called "Tampa Bay-ites" since everything seems to be located in the bay (the sports teams, at least) instead of a city.

(I think the 2005 NHL strike was a punishment from the hockey gods after they saw the Stanley Cup won by the "Tampa Bay Lightning.")

MiniBen1 wrote:

My wife grew up in the next town over from me, Livermore (you may have heard of their lab). We always called them Livermorons.

similarly, those of us who group up in maryland, but outside of baltimore, learned to call that city's residents "baltimorons."


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Jason Work wrote:

Stepping outside of the country for a minute, I just needed to share what I thought was a hilarious observation when I was 13: I thought if we called people from Wales Welch why couldn't we call people from Belgium Belch? It never caught on. (And then I lived in Great Britain and found out that people from Wales are Welsh. Ruined the whole thing.)

i guess you already know the monty python suggestion for what to call people from belgium.

my favorite international example is monaco, where the people are called "monagasque."


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Skillet9886 wrote:

I don't actually know what people from Gainesville are called (Gainesvillians?...not to be confused with Gainesvillains.). We just refer to them as ACR's - Alachua County Residents.

It's simple. We're called Gators.

econgator wrote:

Skillet9886 wrote:

I don't actually know what people from Gainesville are called (Gainesvillians?...not to be confused with Gainesvillains.). We just refer to them as ACR's - Alachua County Residents.

It's simple. We're called Gators.

And how.

I see where someone already mentioned "Baltimorons" -- but how can you insult a city where Poe died in the gutter, the governors are always on trial, and the football team disappeared in a sleet storm? (All of which, I might add, I saw on a souvenir shirt for sale in my dear home town, lest anyone think I am channeling Randy Newman).

In honor of Ken's nickname bestowed on the Jeopardy! boards when his stretch was only a rumor, may I suggest "Halifactoids"?

I have always found Atlantean grits to be rather soggy, myself -- no wonder Namor never looks happy.

And can someone explain why it is "Louisianians" or "Alabamians" instead of "Louisianans" or "Alabamans"?


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