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Unread postby blazerunner121 » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:14 am

okay, people from new jersey are called new jerseyans, new york: new yorkers, texas: texans.

i'm wonderin, what do u call people from:

maine
connecticut
massachusetts
delaware
illinois
wyoming
utah
washington

most states just add -ions, -ians, -ans. but i don't think it fits with those states above.

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Unread postby PVJunkie » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:26 am

Im from Illinois.............you can call me Bryan.


No really.............there is no "name" for people from the land of lincoln. I am originally a HOOSIER and have asked lots of people from Illinois that same question..............with no answer.

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Unread postby indestructo » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:34 am

Michigan = Michiganders

and if you live in michigan you're either a Yooper or a Troll
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Unread postby RoySloppy » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:35 am

PVJunkie wrote:Im from Illinois.............you can call me Bryan.


No really.............there is no "name" for people from the land of lincoln. I am originally a HOOSIER and have asked lots of people from Illinois that same question..............with no answer.


how about illini?
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Unread postby zack » Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:18 pm

Washingtonians

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Unread postby PVJunkie » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:01 pm

RoySloppy wrote:
PVJunkie wrote:Im from Illinois.............you can call me Bryan.


No really.............there is no "name" for people from the land of lincoln. I am originally a HOOSIER and have asked lots of people from Illinois that same question..............with no answer.


how about illini?



Only works for Graduates of the U of I...........for some reason the state as a whole has not adopted it as a title.

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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:10 pm

PVJunkie wrote:Im from Illinois.............you can call me Bryan.


No really.............there is no "name" for people from the land of lincoln. I am originally a HOOSIER and have asked lots of people from Illinois that same question..............with no answer.



I hope you don't take offese....when I grew up in WI we called people from illinois flat landers..
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Unread postby PVJunkie » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:26 pm

Well.........flat landers is no better or worse than cheese head......and since Jeff (decamouse) seems to feel that cheese head fits Wis.....

no offense taken, I am a HOOSIER at heart.

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Unread postby Russ » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:17 pm

Connecticut = Connecticutters (which, for the educated among you, you'll recognize as an oxymoron...think about it :idea: )
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Unread postby blazerunner121 » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:34 pm

Russ wrote:Connecticut = Connecticutters (which, for the educated among you, you'll recognize as an oxymoron...think about it :idea: )


yea, thats how i always thought of that. but i met a connecticutter and he said it was "Connecticutians". i like the -cutters better.

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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:29 pm

Arizona----Arizonans or, my personal favorite----Zonies!
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:30 pm

I'm from MA, and I have no fricking clue what people call us...lol
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