Re: CHAT Cities

Tristan Mc Leay scripsit:

> On the topic of all of this, people from Sydney are Sydney-siders (or
> Sydneysiders,  Sydney-Siders) and people from Melbourne are Melburnians
> or Melbournites; the spelling 'Melbournian' occurs but is often
> perceived by Melburnians as wrong (because it doesn't describe the
> pronunciation). But that's about as interesting as it gets. Most other
> people are just people from placename, or placename+(a)n or +ite.
IIRC, people from Grong Grong are called Grongs, at least by outsiders.

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