What are people from Swindon called?

[ronnie21]

Are they really "Swindoners"? See http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14152949.Cosmopolitan_publishes_20_things_you_should_know_before_dating_a_girl_from_Swindon/ for those into that kind of thing.

Do you believe anything in the Adver these days?  Swindonian!!!!

[Ardiles]

The Preemark/Prymark thing is interesting.  Back in the 1990s there was a tendency for Swindonian Michelles to call themselves 'Mee-chelle' with all the emphasis on the first syllable.  Maybe they still do?  (I no longer know any Michelles from Swindon, so can't say for sure.)  Swindon was definitely the only place where people did this.

[Sir Cliff Pipehard]

Swine

[JayBox325]

I thought it was Swindonians. Over here in Bath we're Bathonians.

[ron dodgers]

maybe it's because I'm a Swindoner that I love Swindon Town

[Reg Smeeton]

The Preemark/Prymark thing is interesting.  Back in the 1990s there was a tendency for Swindonian Michelles to call themselves 'Mee-chelle' with all the emphasis on the first syllable.  Maybe they still do?  (I no longer know any Michelles from Swindon, so can't say for sure.)  Swindon was definitely the only place where people did this.

So like Bertie Mee, rather than Dave Mitchell?  I'm a Bertie rather than a Dave.

[normy]

Swindonians living next to Rawton, ( not Rowton)

[Flashheart]

Back in the 1990s there was a tendency for Swindonian Michelles to call themselves 'Mee-chelle' with all the emphasis on the first syllable.  Maybe they still do? 

My sister, whose name is Michelle, was often called Mee-shell and was up until I left the country. Whether or not she still gets called that I don't know.

Another one I noticed is Nye-oh-me (Naomi). Whether or not that's just a Swindon thing or not I don't know.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

I call my friend Michelle from Swindon Mee-chelle I also call Primark Pree-mark
God I'm so common

[JanTheMan]

My sister, whose name is Michelle, was often called Mee-shell and was up until I left the country. Whether or not she still gets called that I don't know.

Another one I noticed is Nye-oh-me (Naomi). Whether or not that's just a Swindon thing or not I don't know.

Nah, she's uses another name now.

[pauld]

The Preemark/Prymark thing is interesting.  Back in the 1990s there was a tendency for Swindonian Michelles to call themselves 'Mee-chelle' with all the emphasis on the first syllable.  Maybe they still do?  (I no longer know any Michelles from Swindon, so can't say for sure.)  Swindon was definitely the only place where people did this.

My missus is Meesh. Not being from round these parts I find it utterly bizarre that I'm the only one who calls her Mish. Which, when I'm trying to attract her attention, becomes "Hey Mish" (Hamish) like I've confused her with a Scotty dog. That always goes down well.

[Ells]

Swindonian.

Primark is called both things round here, I've never really noticed. I like that it's so important to life in Swindon it's made the list!

[RobertT]

The Preemark/Prymark thing is interesting.  Back in the 1990s there was a tendency for Swindonian Michelles to call themselves 'Mee-chelle' with all the emphasis on the first syllable.  Maybe they still do?  (I no longer know any Michelles from Swindon, so can't say for sure.)  Swindon was definitely the only place where people did this.

All the above still stand, just as they should do.

[RedRag]

Sorry to end this debate but I've looked it up in Wiki and it's Swindonian

Oh and is it really Hamish, whom you call Mish for short Paul?

[Ardiles]

God I'm so common

Just for avoidance of doubt, I wasn't implying for a second that Mee-chelle is a chavvy/common pronunciation.  Simply a quirk that makes the world a slightly more interesting place...that I only ever noticed in Swindon.

And I've always said Pree-mark.  But that comes from living in Swindon a kid in the 1980s.  Some things never leave you.