NationStates Jolt Archive

Kerry dropped a new word on me today. Wisconsinites. I think that just goes to show Kerry's intellectual supremacy. Do Wisconsinites actually call themselves Wisconsinites?

hmmm thats an interesting one. What else could it be?

Wisconsinians?
Wisconsinners?
Wiskers?
Cheeseheads?

Kerry dropped a new word on me today. Wisconsinites. I think that just goes to show Kerry's intellectual supremacy. Do Wisconsinites actually call themselves Wisconsinites?

Yes, we call ourselves Wisconsinites.

Interesting.


I always found it weird that the "kansas" of "Arkansas" isn't pronounced the same as the "Kansas" of "Kansas," but the "kansan" of Arkansan" is pronounced the same as the "Kansan" of "Kansan"

Or do Kansans use a different adjective?

Anyway, I also find it interesting that since you pronounce the last "s" in "Kansas," the appropriate possessive form wouldn't necessarily need an added "s," but since the last "s" of "Arkansas" is silent, you technically should add the "s" with the apostrophe...but the newspapers think otherwise.

Yeah, that is interesting. But for the record, yes Wisconsinites is the proper term. And no, not all of us are 'Cheeseheads'. ;)

definitely wisconsinites. or as i like to say, drunken cheese freaks.

Yes, we call ourselves Wisconsinites.

Indeed we do...though as of a few months ago, this one calls himself a "Californian."

But the answer is yes.

Interesting.


I always found it weird that the "kansas" of "Arkansas" isn't pronounced the same as the "Kansas" of "Kansas," but the "kansan" of Arkansan" is pronounced the same as the "Kansan" of "Kansan"

Or do Kansans use a different adjective?

Anyway, I also find it interesting that since you pronounce the last "s" in "Kansas," the appropriate possessive form wouldn't necessarily need an added "s," but since the last "s" of "Arkansas" is silent, you technically should add the "s" with the apostrophe...but the newspapers think otherwise.

I've always wondered that too- maybe it's because it sounds awkward to say "Ar-Kansas" as opposed to "Arkansas", but it is weird nonetheless.

It's always been Wisconsinites for me as well.

Wisconsite doesn't really seem that odd to me, then again, I must refer to myself as a New Englander becuase Massachusettser, Massachusettsonian, or Massachusite all sound like too much alliteration, a museum, and a termite respectively. Or how about people from Oregon, Oregoners, Oregononians (my favorite), people from Maine might have trouble, but we solved that with Maniacs.

Wisconsite doesn't really seem that odd to me, then again, I must refer to myself as a New Englander becuase Massachusettser, Massachusettsonian, or Massachusite all sound like too much alliteration, a museum, and a termite respectively. Or how about people from Oregon, Oregoners, Oregononians (my favorite), people from Maine might have trouble, but we solved that with Maniacs.

Mainian?