What do folks of regions call themselves?

[Kesh]

Slight clarification: while people from my area of North Carolina definitely call ourselves Appalachians, people from the middle and eastern sections of the state wouldn't dream of calling themselves Appalachians. The term is roughly analogous to "mountainfolk" around here.

I'm sure that's what you meant, but I didn't want anyone calling folks from C.A.R.Y. (Containment Area for Relocated Yankees) "Appalachians."

Daniel

Heaven forbid someone thinks they're one of us hillbillies.

But yes, I know what you mean. Most folks in western Kentucky don't consider themselves Appalachians either. West Virginia, though, is pretty much all mountains, so everyone thinks of themselves that way, even in the Ohio River valley.

 

[msd]

As a citizen of New Hampshire...

Hehe, this is an interesting one...I don't know if its in widespread use, but when I lived in N.H., locals - real locals - were called "emmits", which I believe is derogatory, but only slightly...

I love New Hampshire...just love it

 

[ArcOfCorinth]

Birminghamsters

You don't hear that often.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Ohioan, though one hears 'Buckeye' from time to time.

 

[orchid blossom]

Being from Wisconsin I am a Wisconsinite or Cheese Head, or a Barabooian (from the City of Baraboo)

We have a not so friendly rivalry with the people from Illinois... no offense to any one from there - the (irony or hypocrisy will be seen in a moment) - Bears Vs Packers and Illinois Drivers We refer to people from Illinois as FIB's. If you are form this region you will know what this means. (BTW, I was born in Harvard, Illinois and one of my closest friends is from Chicago)

Ah yes, I remember it well. I remember seeing Illinois drivers and saying to myself, "Wisconsin, Illinois playground!" I got more pragmatic about it as I got older. Just reminded myself that they would go home eventually but they were leaving their money behind.

A friend of mine got a job in Illinios and he got ribbed mercilessly about it. "You're gonna be a FIB!"

Wisconsinite is the term I always heard used, although we never had names for our cities. Try slapping anything on to Manitowoc and it'll be a disaster.

 

[the Jester]

I am a Californian. As I live in Davis, CA, I'm also a Davisite.

Sometimes, to throw people off, I'll call myself a Davisian (pronounce it duh-VIZ-ee-uhn).

 

[Snoweel]

Sydney - Sydneysiders
Newcastle - Novacastrians
New South Wales - New South Welshmen
Queensland - Queenslanders (duh)

As you can see, Australians aren't exactly natural wordsmiths.

Melbourne - Mexicans (according to Sydneysiders, because they're from south of the border)

 

[Morrus]

A few from England:

Liverpool - Scousers
Birmingham - Brummies
Newcastle - Geordies

And you've all heard of Cockneys, I'm sure!

 

[Some guy from Ohio]

A Buckeye, though I don’t know why. I have lived in Ohio all my life and probably have seen a real buckeye twice. It is an odd looking nut-like thingy. More specifically, I am a Daytonian (Dayton).

 

[Crothian]

Ya, Buckeye trees just are not as common as they used to be. Mostly they get taken down for progress or farms.

But here in Columbus I hear people refer to them selves as Buckeyes a lot.