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We have recently had a thread about place names and their citizens. Take Our Word For It has a splendid discussion of this. Well worth checking out if you haven't already.Issue 152 http://www.takeourword.com/page1.html
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Whooyah, Cool-o, Daddy-o, Good motorvating Bill, your urling site of designators of geographical occupiers swings.
Away with the bland, I say, let originality live, least we die.
(or to put it another way)
mumble, mumble, mealy mouth, hi-pitched mutter,
Thank you Bill, I dearly loved your URL.
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Some of the best books I ever read were those of (pen-name) James Herriot. He called himself a Glaswegian.
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People from Tasmania are often called Taswegians. Don't think it has any official status, but it's a beauty. And I read somewhere that they tried to call people from Sydney Sydonians. Clearly didn't stick!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Glad for the Taswegians they didn't get labelled Tasmaniacs. Too obvious, of course.
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People from Tasmania are often called Taswegians.
Where did we get the Tasmanian devil then? I truly thought those from Tasmania, were Tasmanians, and have never heard the term Taswegians.
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Folks from Phoenix, AZ are known as Phoenicians.
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Angel - the Tasmanian Devil is a critter - a ferocious marsupial carnivore. The name has been lent to various sporting teams but is not used to describe the populace - as previously mentioned they are Tasmanians or the incorrect, more "familiar", "Taswegians".
Did I get it right paulb?
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"Our man in Tasmania" reports:
I have no idea how the term 'Taswegian' came about -- I'll let you all know if I do.
Meanwhile here's a site about Tasmanian devils, including a movie. Enjoy!
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-5358KH?open
[Bear with me, folks, until I get my mark-ups under control]
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