[Ads-l] Haligonian

[Laurence Horn]

I've never heard "En Zedders" for New Zealanders. Apparently that
initialism-derived ethnonym predates the now more common "Kiwis" (from the
bird, not the fruit), which replaced other alternatives during the WWI
period, including "Diggers" and "Pig Islanders". I can see why.

LH

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 8:25 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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