Michigander or Michiganian?
OK. President
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. is dead. The MSM says he was a "Michigander"
and some say he was a "Michiganian" - even though he really didn't
live in the state since he was elected to Congress in 1948.
Whatever.
So like we're confused! Are we Michiganders (an insult Abe Lincoln himself invented and tossed at our very own Lewis Cass. See, Wiki), Michiganians, Michiganites or are we something else? Something sinister perhaps?
Settle this debate once and for all and vote in our poll. Sorry, only one vote person this time.
I have always used Michigander, and have never heard anyone use anything else without being corrected.
Posted by: republicofm | Saturday, 30 December 2006 at 12:05 AM
Michigander is unique, and there is nothing wrong with poking a little funn at ourselves.
Posted by: michmark | Tuesday, 02 January 2007 at 03:59 PM
It's toadly "Michigander." One may even ask Michigan J. Frog. I wonder if he was a Michigander.
Posted by: Uncle Frog | Sunday, 06 May 2007 at 12:02 AM
Michiganian. Michigander makes me think of a male duck. Michiganian is gender-neutral and free of fowl reference.
Posted by: landofthefree | Thursday, 07 June 2007 at 11:47 PM
It is Michigander. Plain and simple as that. No ifs, ands, or butts about it. And certainly no buckeyes about it either!
Posted by: Bobalou1957 | Tuesday, 03 July 2007 at 07:07 PM
I grew up in Michigan love Michigan and want to return. I remember this whole legislation thing to formalize, Michiganian. Who are we kidding! it's always been Michigander...remember all the jokes about Michigoose? For goshsakes, we hold up our hand to point to where we grew up, vacationed and went to school. A true Michigander knows how to make his/her left hand make the upper peninsula! Unite, we are Michiganders tride an true!
Posted by: Julia Mittelstadt | Sunday, 15 July 2007 at 08:52 PM
I'm a Michiganian. Legislation be damned. I've traveled the state a fair amount for work over the years and it seems to me that I've heard "Michigander" used primarily in the SE Michigan area while "Michiganian" is heard more in the rest of the Lower Peninsula. Yoopers, of course, really don't care what we call it since they are "Yoopers" and or "residents of the Sovereign State of Superior".
Posted by: Mensch71 | Sunday, 26 August 2007 at 09:07 AM
I'm proud to be a Michiganian! I've always used it and not once have I used Michigander. To me, it sounds weird, no offense, people. I live in SE Michigan, but I don't really know what everyone says around here. Call it what you will, but I'll always be a Michiganian. =D
Posted by: Rach | Sunday, 11 May 2008 at 09:03 PM