State Adjs.

[James Smith]

Several years ago some functionary of the US
government "officially" declaired an inhabitant of
Utah to be a "Utahan": one of Utah's senators informed
the fed's that the commonly used name is "Utahn".



--- Nancy Elliott <nelliott1 at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> > From: Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM
> > Reply-To: American Dialect Society
> <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:59:12 -0400
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: City Adjs. (Mexico City, Washington)
> >
> > Nancy Elliott <nelliott1 at EARTHLINK.NET> writes:
> >
> >>>>>>
> > Same for Jayhawks...I'm one, but I'm a native
> Missouran.
> > <<<<<
> >
> > Not "Missour<i>an"?
> >
> > -- Mark
> >
>
> Nope.
>
> --Nancy
>
> (My father's from Missouri and my mother's from
> Missoura, but they both say
> they're Missourans.)


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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
SLC, UT                        |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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