[Ads-l] Haligonian

[Mark Mandel]

"Enzedders", or rather /'ɛn'zɛdɚz/,  feels familiar to me. I'm sure I've
encountered it before, though possibly only in speech. "Kiwis" is also
familiar, though that may have been only in writing. The ones I prefer are
the edible kind.

MAM

On Tue, May 24, 2022, 10:28 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> 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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