[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish

[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German

[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese

What rule is at play here? 🤔

Cheers!

  • @owenfromcanada
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    246 months ago

    I’m in Michigan, that makes me a Michigander. The rules are made up and the suffixes don’t matter.

    • synae[he/him]
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      16 months ago

      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.