The Felicitous Javians

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MC - 03 Jan 2004 14:30 GMT

I know there are those who find pleasure and amusement in such Canadian
place names as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw.

But what do you call the people who hail from these places? Until
yesterday I hadn't given it a thought, but then came news of a major
fire in Moose Jaw -- and news reports that provided half the answer: a
felicitous coinage indeed. The residents of that one are, apparently,
the Moose Javians.

Does anyone know the other half of the answer? (I'm kind of hoping for
the Med Hatters).

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Spehro Pefhany - 03 Jan 2004 14:45 GMT

>I know there are those who find pleasure and amusement in such Canadian
>place names as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>Does anyone know the other half of the answer? (I'm kind of hoping for
>the Med Hatters).

Alas, "Med Hatters" gets but one googlehit (and a curt 'Did you mean:
"mad hatters"'), whereas "Medicine Hatters" gets 157. The town is
sometimes called "The Hat", so "Hatters" is another possibility.
Unfortunately, Google doesn't allow one to search with the exclusion
of exact phrases, but there are some occurrences of "Hatters" in the
first hits.

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Spehro Pefhany

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Peter Duncanson - 03 Jan 2004 15:11 GMT

>>I know there are those who find pleasure and amusement in such Canadian
>>place names as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw.
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>of exact phrases, but there are some occurrences of "Hatters" in the
>first hits.

Someone could always ask the Mayor or one of the other officials.
http://www.city.medicine-hat.ab.ca/contact/contact.html

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Tony Cooper - 03 Jan 2004 16:11 GMT

Some of the references of "Hatters" are surely to the sports teams of
Stetson University in DeLand FL.

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Mark Brader - 03 Jan 2004 17:02 GMT

> Alas, "Med Hatters" gets but one googlehit (and a curt 'Did you mean:
> "mad hatters"'), whereas "Medicine Hatters" gets 157. The town is
> sometimes called "The Hat", so "Hatters" is another possibility.
> Unfortunately, Google doesn't allow one to search with the exclusion
> of exact phrases...

Sure it does, just not with the Advanced Search form. You either type

"medicine hat" hatters -"medicine hatters"

in the regular search field, or just invoke the URL

http://www.google.com/search?q="medicine+hat"+hatters+-"medicine+hatters"

And you get, or at least *I* currently get, 136 hits, which these are the
first 5 of. (It seems that some indicate the usage in question and some
do not.)

Medicine Hat News
... WAY (Stampede/Parade/Photos) Salty the clown ignores the one way
sign and motors
past hundreds of excited Hatters, during the Medicine Hat Stampede
Parade on ...
www.mysouthernalberta.com/med/mardigras/stampede.html - 24k - Cached -
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Medicine Hat News
... Hatters will get a chance to watch one of their own against
some of ... at the Southern
Junior Men's curling playdowns this weekend at the Medicine Hat
Curling Club ...
www.mysouthernalberta.com/med/local_sports.php - 19k - Cached -
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[ More results from www.mysouthernalberta.com ]

Medicine Hat Tigers "Roars and Purrs"
... Medicine Hat Tigers "Roars and Purrs" Tell us what YOU think!
Voice Your Opinions
About The Medicine Hat Tigers! ... Mad hatters coming to PG on Dec
16..... ...
www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/88178?it=30 - 45k - Cached - Similar
pages

Western Canada League
... Edmonton Eskimos. Medicine Hat Hatters. Medicine Hat Hatters. ...
Saskatoon Berrypickers.
Medicine Hat/Saskatoon Mad Hatters/Berrypickers. Medicine Hat Hatters.
...
www.geocities.com/big_bunko/westerncanada0914.htm - 11k - Cached -
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western hats
... Western hat world headquarters: Arizona Hatters, Tucson. ... penn
state hats | notre
dame hats | knit hats | cat in the hat picture | medicine hat real
estate ...
www.collectibles-in-1.com/hats/western_hats.htm - 13k - Cached -
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Peter Duncanson - 03 Jan 2004 15:22 GMT

"Hatters" appears to be the word.
http://www.mysouthernalberta.com/med/mardigras/stampede.html
has photos of the Medicine Hat Stampede 2003.
The captions use "Hatters" to refer to the spectators.

No "Med" or "Mad" unfortunately.

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Carmen L. Abruzzi - 03 Jan 2004 17:46 GMT

Once upon a 1/3/04 6:30 AM, in the land of
copeSP-446C23.09300603012004@mail.inter.net, the very good"MC" from
<copeSP@AMZAPca.inter.net> wrote:

> I know there are those who find pleasure and amusement in such Canadian
> place names as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Does anyone know the other half of the answer? (I'm kind of hoping for
> the Med Hatters).

I remember reading about "Hatians" once. I think they were trying to get to
Florida. It all makes sense now.

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Why are we going to Florida?

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Alan Illeman - 03 Jan 2004 23:12 GMT

> I know there are those who find pleasure and amusement in such Canadian
> place names as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> felicitous coinage indeed. The residents of that one are, apparently,
> the Moose Javians.

That's a jaw-breaker !

> Does anyone know the other half of the answer? (I'm kind of hoping for
> the Med Hatters).

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