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plumtreeblossom ([personal profile] plumtreeblossom) wrote2008-05-14 10:53 am
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Stand In The Place Where You Live

So we have Mainers, Vermonteers, New Hampshirites, New Yorkers, and Pennsylvanians. What is the correct designation for a person who lives in Massachusetts, other than a "Masshole?"
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[identity profile] greenlily.livejournal.com 2008-05-14 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Bay Staters. Massachusetts is actually a Commonwealth, but let that pass, because 'Commonwealthies' sounds really stupid.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-05-14 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Bay Stater.

(Do people really say "Vermonteer" ?)

[identity profile] skygoodwill.livejournal.com 2008-05-14 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that THE paperclip?
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[personal profile] dpolicar 2008-05-14 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
No idea what's correct.
I use "Massachutian" in speech and "resident of Massachusetts" in writing.

[identity profile] saturn939.livejournal.com 2008-05-14 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I've wondered the same about Connecticut. Apparently, the answer is Nutmegger.

-Dee

[identity profile] vanguardcdk.livejournal.com 2008-05-14 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...I've referred to myself as a Nebraskan several times but never thought about Massachusetts. Probably becuase I tend to revert to "Bostonian"

[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-05-14 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
What about someone from the state where Chicago is located? An Illinoisy?

[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-05-14 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
My favorite such term is 'Michigander'.

[identity profile] daisytells.livejournal.com 2008-05-15 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
It's always been "Bay Stater" for me. "Masshole" is relatively new, and very unflattering. I think it started during the Reagan years at just about the time that "Liberal" suddenly and for the first time became a dirty word. What people do not realize about us is that over time we are generally proved to be correct.
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