[Ads-l] Utahns

[Ben Zimmer]

OED2 (1993 addition) has "Utahan" from 1855 and "Utahn" from 1922. Here's
"Utahn" from 1897-8:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18270618/utahns/
Chicago Tribune, July 13, 1897, p. 7
Utahns to Celebrate Jubilee.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18270476/utahns/
Salt Lake City Tribune, Feb. 25, 1898, p. 8
The much-talked-of Klondike will number among its inhabitants this year
many Utahns.

There was also a Salt Lake City newspaper called "The Utahnian" from 1896-7
(archived in Proquest's American Periodical Series), but that one didn't
catch on.


On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Mitt Romney, in a dundraising email "As you are aware, Utahns are known
> for hard work, innovation, and our can-do pioneering spirit. But more than
> that, we are known as a people who serve, who care, and who rise to any
> occasion. As an experienced public servant and businessman, I am uniquely
> qualified to represent Utahns."
>
> Never heard that name and while it's apparently a point of discussion:
> https://www.ksl.com/?sid=24207511
>
> seems it's pretty consistently correct, at least as far as most Utahns (not
> Gmail) are concerned. Robert Redford was scoffed at for using Utahans, so
> you know they're serious.
>
>

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