What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?
What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?
[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish
[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German
[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese
What rule is at play here? 🤔
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I'm in Michigan, that makes me a Michigander. The rules are made up and the suffixes don't matter.
I'm from South Dakota, I'm South Dakotant. It is what it is.
Do you change the emphasis? da-ko-TANT?
Emphasis still on KO
Michiguy or Michigal
If you're from Halifax, NS, you're a Haligonian.
I'm a Connecticutian by birth. Though I've also heard someone call themselves Connecticuter once or twice, but never cared for that one.
Either one seems to break a lot of normal grammar/spelling rules.