[Ads-l] Haligonian

[Dan Goncharoff]

Don't forget Utahn.

On Wed, May 11, 2022, 2:37 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Scandihoovian
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> Iowegian is a name I’ve heard for a specific, ethnic subset of Iowans.
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> (Although I woulda thought “demonyms” were words like devil, imp, satyr
> and satan – hey, I’m on a synonym roll!)
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> A few more irregular demonyms
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> Monaco, Mon=C3=A9gasque
> Mexico City, Capitalino
> Barbados, Bajan
> Madagascar, Malagasy
> Ivory Coast (or Cote d=E2=80=99Ivoire), Ivorian
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> The following page lists some well-known irregular demonyms
> Teflpedia: The wiki of English teaching
> https://teflpedia.com/Irregular_demonym
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> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 1:58 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > Oh, and Mancunian (for Manchester). Liverpudlian is less opaque, but more
> > adorable.
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> > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 1:55 PM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
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> > > There is Cantabrigian, in reference to Cambridge University or to a
> > > resident of Cambridge (England or Massachusetts).  It derives from
> > > Cantabrigia, the medieval Latin name for Cambridge.
> > >
> > > Glaswegian is said to have been formed on the analogy of Norwegian,
> whi=
> ch
> > > would perhaps make more sense if the city were named Glasway.
> Haligoni=
> an
> > > seems to have been the brainchild of whoever named the Halifax
> Haligoni=
> an,
> > > a newspaper that was extant in 1839 and 1840; it is immediately not
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> ar
> > > how they came up with the name.
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> > >
> > > John Baker
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> > > From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of
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> > > Mullins
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 1:18 PM
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> > > Subject: Haligonian
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> > > An article about Mattea Roach, a recent Jeopardy champion, referred to
> =
> her
> > > as a "Haligonian" -- that is, one from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
> > >
> > > Why "Haligonian" instead of "Halifaxian"? Why "Glaswegian" instead of
> > > "Glasgowian"? Are there other names like this, where the denonym is
> mor=
> e
> > > distantly related to its place name than normal?
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