Greynoodle.....
.....love it. Hadn't heard the term since "Don't Californicate Colorado" bumper stickers were popular in the mid 70's.
Greynoodle.....
.....love it. Hadn't heard the term since "Don't Californicate Colorado" bumper stickers were popular in the mid 70's.
Michigander. Michiganian is dull.
However, there are definitely some Michigoons out there.
Urban legend says we're Michi-ganoogians.
I didn't give up being an "Ohioan" just to become a "Michiganian."
Nope, I'm a Michigander.
I am for Michiganian. Michigander sounds an awful lot like meshugener; which is yiddish for crazy.
I have been a good old Detroit Michigander all my life and will die a Michigander.
michigander
I would vote for Mittener.
I seem to recall a publicity campaign by the state, perhaps in the early 1970s, featuring a cartoon gander trying to convince Michigan residents that we were Michiganders.
Even though I'm now an EX-[[whichever), I always preferred "Michigander."
My problem with calling someone who is a resident of a state or city whatever they're called is that the name used often changes the pronunciation of the state or city in most cases, with one exception being if your are a New Yorker. Also, like New York, if the name of the state or city ends in a consonant, why not just add "er" to it and call it a day? Someone from Michigan is a Michiganer. Someone from Boston is a Bostoner. Someone from Houston is a Houstoner. Bostonian makes it sound like you're from a city called Bostone or Bostonia. The suffix "ite" is another acceptable ending if the city or state ends in a consonant. Bostonite and Houstonite are acceptable. I'm sorry but I'm not crazy about Michigander or Michiganian because we don't live in the state of Michigand or Michigania.
Michigander. I, too, never heard of Michiganian before this thread.
Ha, the world laughs at your attempt to impose reason and order upon it!My problem with calling someone who is a resident of a state or city whatever they're called is that the name used often changes the pronunciation of the state or city in most cases, with one exception being if your are a New Yorker. Also, like New York, if the name of the state or city ends in a consonant, why not just add "er" to it and call it a day? Someone from Michigan is a Michiganer. Someone from Boston is a Bostoner. Someone from Houston is a Houstoner. Bostonian makes it sound like you're from a city called Bostone or Bostonia. The suffix "ite" is another acceptable ending if the city or state ends in a consonant. Bostonite and Houstonite are acceptable. I'm sorry but I'm not crazy about Michigander or Michiganian because we don't live in the state of Michigand or Michigania.
The debate of Michiganian vs. Michigander was brought to the public's attention about a decade ago or so when the state legislature wanted to change the offical reference to the state's citizenship to Michiganian. It got quite a lot of debate not only in the local media but also in the legislature itself.....Tradition vs. proper. According to our discussion on this forum...What is proper?
What's good for the Michigoose is good for the Michigander!
What's good for the Michigoose is good for the Michigander![/quote]
LOL! Just got two good belly laughs from your bottom quote, kellyroad.
gander fo sho
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