Re: placename nomenclature [was Re: Attn: Spanish speakers]

Quoting Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:

> Thomas Wier wrote:
> Although the modern
> >inhabitants of Texas are called Texans, they were not always so:
> >during the Republic, they were "Texians", and that is still the
> >appropriate adjective for people living in Texas between 1817
> >and 1845.
>
> I seem to remember seeing the form "Texacans" somewhere. Has it be correct
> usuage during some period or in some context, or is it merely a weirdity?
No, I've never seen that used in serious writing.  I have
seen it used as a joking reference to Texas dialect of
English, or to Texans living outside jokingly referring to
their heritage, and even once nonjokingly as a synonym for
TexMex food.

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