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I definitely agree with you on this. I'm from Leeds and my first thought was that there isn't really a term for someone from Leeds, other than someone from Leed
by kilgor13 9y ago
I definitely agree with you on this. I'm from Leeds and my first thought was that there isn't really a term for someone from Leeds, other than someone from Leeds!
Leodensian might be a term that existed at some point, or is by lack of an alternative, the default word, but it isn't actually used to the point where any person from Leeds would expect another person from Leeds to understand the term (let alone someone from elsewhere)
Now I think about it, I can't think of many names for citizens of the main yorkshire cities (York, Sheffield??). Perhaps "yorkshireman" or "yorkshirewoman" has been enough...
- the_watcher 9y agoWhat adjective would you use to describe someone or something from Leeds? Is there one? An equivalent to something like "Bostonian architecture". Demonyms have always fascinated me for some reason, particularly the irregular ones.
- madcaptenor 9y agoIf a person from New York is a New Yorker, then shouldn't someone from the original York be a Yorker?
- test1235 9y agoI think as York begat Yorkshire which begat Yorkshireman, New Yorkers should be referred to as New Yorkshiremen.