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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1044.1 | Sounds like a Caribbean Island | SMURF::CMEYER | Mainstream Bohemian | Tue May 11 1993 12:53 | 6 |
| RE: .0
> Jim (Who's a Jimatorian)
So where is Jimatoria located?
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| 1044.2 | | VMSMKT::KENAH | Another flashing chance at bliss | Tue May 11 1993 14:05 | 8 |
| Natives of Guam are called Guamanians -- at least that's what the
Gaumanian I knew in college told me.
There is no rule of thumb for describing one's place of residence
in noun form -- it varies, and some of the variations are whimsical
in the extreme. Dalmatians, Oxonians, and Tangerines come to mind...
andrew
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| 1044.3 | I'm a Massachusettsian | CALS::DESELMS | Opera r�lz | Tue May 11 1993 15:25 | 6 |
| According to an old dictionary my parents used to have, the official name
for folks from Massachusets is "Bay Stater."
Sounds goofy to me.
- Jim
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| 1044.4 | | ESGWST::RDAVIS | Ditty Bag | Tue May 11 1993 17:37 | 3 |
| If Massachusetts is the collection, then Massachusett is the singular.
Ray the Missourible
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| 1044.5 | | GIDDAY::BURT | Chele Burt - CSC Sydney, DTN 7355693 | Tue May 11 1993 19:37 | 1 |
| Canadians from Canadia?
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| 1044.6 | Lancastrians come in many varieties. | PASTIS::MONAHAN | humanity is a trojan horse | Wed May 12 1993 00:24 | 4 |
| Mancunians from Manchester. Liverpuddlians...
Brummies from Birmingham is probably still classed as slang, though the
Oxford dictionary has Brummagem as an adjective for goods manufactured
there.
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| 1044.7 | Logic? Not on this planet | PAOIS::HILL | An immigrant in Paris | Wed May 12 1993 02:25 | 3 |
| Salopians from Shropshire
Nick
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| 1044.8 | | GAVEL::PCLX31::satow | gavel::satow or @mso | Wed May 12 1993 07:08 | 3 |
| Cantabrigians from Cantabrigia
Massochists from Massachusetts
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| 1044.9 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed May 12 1993 09:21 | 2 |
| I've heard a rather naughty word used for Massachusetts *drivers*, although
I'm sure it's been applied to Massachusetts residents who aren't driving.
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| 1044.10 | Mexico and Cuba | ERICG::ERICG | Eric Goldstein | Wed May 12 1993 23:30 | 6 |
| I once knew someone from the small town of Mexico, New York. He told me that
people from there refer to themselves as Mexicanians, presumably to distinguish
themselves from natives of the country with the same name. Similarly, people
from Cuba, New York, are supposedly called Cubanians.
-- Eric, originally an Ithacan and now a Yerushalmi
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| 1044.11 | A parochial reply | KERNEL::MORRIS | Which universe did you dial? | Thu May 13 1993 02:09 | 13 |
| I thought that this was really simple:
People from England - English
People from Scotland - Scottish
People from Ireland - Irish
People from Wales - Welsh
People from anywhere else - Foreign
;-)
Jon
Who says we're an insular nation? :o)
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| 1044.12 | Simpler still... | VMSMKT::KENAH | Another flashing chance at bliss | Thu May 13 1993 08:27 | 11 |
| >People from England - English
>People from Scotland - Scottish
>People from Ireland - Irish
>People from Wales - Welsh
>People from anywhere else - Foreign
The Greeks did it more thoroughly 2500 years ago:
People from Greece: Greeks
People from anywhere else - Barbarians
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