What do you call a person who’s from Manchester?

by Diana Burrell on January 7, 2009

He’s called a Mancunian.

I was wondering about this today — what these labels for locals are called. I discovered they’ve got a name: demonyms. There’s a nice list of them for citizens of the British Isles on this geography site. If you’re American, here’s a list for you, compliments of the Bay Stater running this blog. Although when I’m driving, please call me a Masshole.

Still wondering if a woman from Kent would be called a “Man of Kent.”

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Expat Mum January 8, 2009 at 4:11 pm

Very nice web site, although as a Geordie, I can honestly say I’ve never been called a Novocastrian in my life except when I was playing tourist at the Roman Wall.

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