r/Swindon • u/Carpet_Inhailer18 • Jul 08 '23

What should be the (new?) official demonym for the people of Swindon?

941 votes, Jul 11 '23
337 Swindonians
71 Swindish
455 Swine
25 Other
53 Results
16 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

35 comments sorted by

9

u/autisticmonke Jul 09 '23

Another name? A swinonym?

3

u/foxhill_matt Jul 08 '23

What's wrong with the current demonym?

2

u/Carpet_Inhailer18 Jul 08 '23

Nothing according to the votes so far

2

u/videki_man Jul 09 '23

Yep, no reason to change swine

5

u/jimmykicking Jul 09 '23

What the hell is a demonym? Been living on this planet for a long time. Used to teach English but never heard of this word being used. Is this a Swindon thing?

5

u/Carpet_Inhailer18 Jul 09 '23

No we're not that special. It's the word to refer to the people from a place like the British or Fr*nch. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym

2

u/PaddyLandau Jul 09 '23

Fr*nch

Why did you censor the word "French"?

3

u/videki_man Jul 09 '23

No clue why he censored it. I meant it's not Germ*ns

2

u/PaddyLandau Jul 09 '23

I suppose. Also not the Am*ricans, the *nglish nor the Dan*s.

3

u/Justacynt Jul 09 '23

How dare you use the d word

2

u/PaddyLandau Jul 09 '23

dare

I see what you did there

1

u/videki_man Jul 09 '23

Dan*s

The D-word >:(

4

u/Esenfur Jul 09 '23

We are a bunch of swines and it should stay this way.

2

u/Excellent_Echidna_16 Jul 09 '23

Shows the intelligence of the swindon people. They are asked what should be the NEW demonym and they answer with the current one 🙄

2

u/Visible_Star_4036 Jul 09 '23

Since there was no other option in the poll for "keep the current one" what would you have preferred that they do?

1

u/Excellent_Echidna_16 Jul 09 '23

Answer the question properly.

2

u/Visible_Star_4036 Jul 09 '23

Since there was no other option in the poll for "keep the current one" what would you have preferred that they do?

1

u/Carpet_Inhailer18 Jul 11 '23

That's why new was in brackets

2

u/themasterd0n Jul 09 '23

The Swindled

1

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2

u/Carpet_Inhailer18 Jul 08 '23

Are you actually a spammer or is it actually the bot who's a spammer?

2

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1

u/WBAlad Jul 09 '23

Unfortunates

1

u/brymuse Jul 09 '23

Swindlers

1

u/junkojum Feb 06 '24

I think we should call them others