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

Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> what do we call people from ... Connecticut?
    The traditional term is Connecticutman/Connecticutwoman, which could be
modernized to Connecticutperson.  It's not in common use, though, certainly
not to the extent that New Yorker or Rhode Islander is.
    What I've always wondered is: If someone from England is an Englishman,
then why is someone from New England a New Englander?

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