[Ads-l] Haligonian

[Laurence Horn]

In the wild, on _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ this week (May 24 show)

Stephen Colbert and Jacinda Ardern, prime minister of NZ, discussing the
strikingly differential rates of Covid infection in her country vs. ours:

SC: "The way y'all responded to Covid was inspirational to those of us
watching from the outside. 95% of Kiwis are vaccinated now."
JA: "Yup, of our eligible population."
SC: "Well done, well done."




On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:59 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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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