[Ads-l] Haligonian

[Jonathan Lighter]

Michigander (just phonetic).

Floridian

Ozzie

Enzedder (N.Z.)

Yank

Scouser = Liverpudlian

Scowegian = Scandihoovian

But once you get slangy, anything goes.

JL

On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 1:46 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> It reminds me of "Oxonian", though I doubt that the etymology is really
> comparable.
>
> https://www.etymonline.com/word/Oxonian
>
> MAM
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2022, 1:18 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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 more
> > distantly related to its place name than normal?
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