Monday, 3 March 2008

Demonyms


definition: what the people of a place are called.

I've been a Duncanite, a Mill Bayer, a Victorian, a Vancouverite, a William's Laker, and a Port Hardian.

I'm still a Canadian, I think!

In my city Numata, Japan, I'm not sure what I'm called.

I don't think they go in for demonyms.

Maybe I'm a:

Numatite: but that sounds like something you go to jail for.
Numatitian: sound like I'm good at math.
Numatonian: I don't know what my half-life is though.
Numater: sounds too much like no matter.
Numish: sounds like I should be driving a horse and buggy and shunning TV.
Numatanian: I think Jean Luc Picard saved my planet a few years back.

I'll stick to "I live in __________", for now!

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