I'm an Orlandolt Floridiot
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 October 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
I thought you just went up to things north of you and down to things south of you?
this explains it better than i could.
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
i think this is largely the case, but with exceptions due to elevation, river flow and general local weirdness
nottinghamian appears to be the most common despite nottinghammer being much more \m/
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
googling reveals a few people and places using “DCite” to refer to residents of the District, but wiki and the majority of the world still stand by “Washingtonian” (boring).
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
OK I just had to google what people from LA are called. Angelenos?! Does anyone use this. Maybe LA is just a state of mind, or a figment of all our imaginations.
― Alba, Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Also sounds a bit gendered.
I've heard Angelenos a number of times before and I'm not even in the States, so it's definitely in use.
― emil.y, Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
Angels are gender-neutral iirc.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
angelenx
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
Angelenos definitely widely used
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
Anyone who participated in the Billy Joel listening thread knows about Los Angelenos and how they like to go into garages for exotic massages
IT'S BETTER THAN DRINKIN' ALONE: The Official ILM Track-by-Track BILLY JOEL Listening Thread
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
weegee ftw
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, October 15, 2020 4:30 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
it's spelled weegie, and we hate it!
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
This is clearly a blind spot of mine (as is Billy Joel).
Google ngrams, comparing usage of New Yorkers, Bostonians and Angelenos. The latter two are closer than I would have guessed. Went for the singular rather than plural to avoid the New Yorker magazine giving it an unfair advantage. New Yorkers is still far ahead but interesting how it's plummeted since 2004.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Angelenos%2CNew+Yorkers%2CBostonians&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2CAngelenos%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CNew%20Yorkers%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBostonians%3B%2Cc0
― Alba, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
I think last time I looked at Ngrams, the data ran out at 2010 so very pleased it now goes to 2019.
― Alba, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
Hmm, not sure I trust the recent years' data. It's meant to be relative to the size of the corpus I think, but all seem to be plummeting too!
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Glaswegians%2CEdinburgers%2CScousers%2CBrummies%2C+Geordies&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2CGlaswegians%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CEdinburgers%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CScousers%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBrummies%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CGeordies%3B%2Cc0
― Alba, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link