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I thought this might make for an interesting topic. Most residents of cities are named after said respective city; i.e. New Yorkers, Londoners, Parisians, etc. But that's not the case for all cities. Residents of Glasgow are called Glaswegians, not Glasgowians, despite the city not being called Glasweege. Liverpoolians? Nope, Liverpudlians, despite the city not being called Liverpud. From Halifax, NS? Oh, you must be a Halifaxian, right? Wrong, you're a Haligonian, despite the city not being called Haligon. I have no idea why this is the case with these cities, but thought that it was quite interesting. Anyone have any other examples?
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That's more like Geordies for Necastle, Scouse for Liverpool, Rolos for Bogota and Paisas for Medellin. Not the same.
For my parent's city the you would be expected to be called Armenios or Amenians but in fact residents are now called Armenitas or Aremenites (in English).
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That's more like Geordies for Necastle, Scouse for Liverpool, Rolos for Bogota and Paisas for Medellin. Not the same.
For my parent's city the you would be expected to be called Armenios or Amenians but in fact residents are now called Armenitas or Aremenites (in English).
Ok, after a few Latin American examples, I think that I should clarify what I meant in my op. Chilango is slang for a resident of Mexico City, what I was referring to was residents of a city, but they're called something close, but for some weird reason not exactly like the name of the city, for example, a resident of Glasgow Scotland is referred to as a Glaswegian, not Glasgowian. The city is not called Glasswege, so not sure where they got Glaswegian from.
Porteno doesn't count because the city is not called Portnenas.
I always thought the fact that they called people from Sydney, "Sydneysiders" was interesting and not "Sydneyites" or "Sydneyers".
True, but at least they name of the city wasn't changed like Liverpudlian, Glaswegian or Haligonian. The equivalent would be calling them something like Syboostians. lol
Not sure if this one goes far enough but people from Los Angeles are not called "Los Angelians" or "Los Angelites" but simply "Angelenos".
Medellin is Paisa. This is also a slightly derogatory name used among Mexicans/Mexican Americans
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