TIL the word “demonyms”.
This is wrong… People from Texas are Texicans.
I wanna kick Ted Cruz in the Texicals.
Had a convo about this with a pair of (very white) people from Texas. They unironically called themselves Tejanos.
Not sure how widespread that preference is among Texas people.
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…tejanos around here can be of any ethnicity: it’s considered a cultural identity (not unlike hispanic or latino) for folks with deep roots in the original regional melting-pot but it’s not synonymous with the texian or broader post-revolutionary texan population…
I prefer “connecticutie”
Some people say Michiganian. They’re wrong, mind you, but they do.
Massachusettsan? Nope, it’s Masshole, c’mon my guy we all know this
Came here to say this. Also, Massholes drive like massholes and have rightfully earned their name.
Yeah, no one has ever used the term “Massachusettsan”, fucking ever.
Also, everyone I’ve ever known from Connecticut consistently responds to “dipshit”, so the map is a bit flawed…
Connecticunt is also used by Massholes, which is both valid and why they’re on thin ice when being considered part of New England lol
You’re going to start a war with New-Englanders if you suggest that Connecticut is part of New England!
Wisconsinite sounds like some sort of flaky mineral.
Or a 70s band.
I’d argue that Kentucky should be green. Sure the ‘y’ becomes an ‘i’, but it’s still pronounced like Kentucky±an so the difference is purely orthographic.
And changing a final ‘y’ to ‘i’ is extremely common when adding a suffix. (cf. happiness, beautiful, angrier)
You occasionally hear/see “Coloradoan” here, too.
Why is there an extra ‘i’ in Louisianan?
Because it ends in a vowel maybe? That seems to be the pattern
As if French didn’t already have enough vowels.
New hampshite.
Arkansan is an interesting one to me.
Is it like Arkanzin (how you would say Kansan plus the Ar- part) or more like Arkanson (with the softer s)?
Inz or enz.
The folks I know from there often elide the vowel heavily so that it sounds more like arkanzn
Hoosi is the best state
Hawaii is correct on their list but not on their map
Hawaii – Hawaii resident
bc Hawaiian is reserved for natives
It’s Sconnie
I knew most of them but did not know what “demonym” meant. My guess would have been derogatory names for states.
I too identify myself as some kind of demon :-P
