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My mother, who was from Michigan, always said "Michigander." I never questioned it.

> On Sep 8, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> There is some of the same awkwardness in handling flatware,
>> I've noticed.
> 
> I remember arriving in Michigan in first grade (we moved in midyear, I
> think...quite disruptive) to find that Michigan kids mostly used a
> fork like a shovel, clutching it in their fists. Even back then I
> thought we Wisconsinites must have been ahead of the Michiganians.
> (Hm...I just noticed that the official newspaper term for someone from
> Michigan isn't known to Microsoft's spelling checker, but
> "Michigander" is. I've never understood where that 'd' comes from and
> never liked it.)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA