Taipei resident adjective

Help, please.

Vancouver = Vancouverite
Toronto = Torontonian
Hong Kong = Hong Konger (yuck)
Vienna = Viennese

Taipei = ???

Taipeian?
Taipeiianist? (as in piano, pianist)
Taipan? (as in the snake)
TaiBeiRen? (as in the Mandarin)
Taipeinite? (as in Doverite)
Taipeinese? (as in Pekinese)
Taipeisider? (as in Sydneysider)

Alternatively:
Lovegod? (obvious)
Dork? (as in pig, pork)
Squirrel? (as in non sequitur)

I knew I could count on you for a post from the far side. lol.

Taipeisian a la’ Parisian

Urodacus had it right with Tai2bei3ren2 :smiley:

Actually that should be: Hong Kong = Hongkonger, and it is very yuck, but aptly enough it fits them like a stinking glove.

Resist the urge! Taipei residents sounds perfectly fine.

HG

Taipeisants ?

Taipeitronauts ?

Taipeinians ?

Taipeipetrators ?

Yep…. Taipei residents… :s

Glad to be of service, J

Numbers 1 and 3 from Plasma hit the spot too…

I was actually looking for Taipeinian as I wrote my list. Brainfart intruded.

Actually that should be: Hong Kong = Hongkonger, and it is very yuck, but aptly enough it fits them like a stinking glove.

Resist the urge! Taipei residents sounds perfectly fine.

HG[/quote]

Dear Sir,

I believe the term you are looking for is Honkie. Suits them to a ‘t’.

Sincerely,

Elegua

I prefer Tai-Pan, myself.

People from Taiwan are called Taiwankers, so people from Taipei could be called Taipei wankers, I suppose.

Shouldn’t that be Taipeikers?

Shouldn’t that be Taipeikers?[/quote]
Insufficiently derogatory.

Taiperians?
Taipudlians?
Taipegians?

Taipeckers?
Taipeons?

I guess Taipeites sounds alright, but looks goofy.
Taipeisians, I like. A bit of Paris, but Asian.
Taipeiren would grow the language a bit.

In Esperanto we would be Tajpejanoj. Interestingly, “Tajpejo” (Taipei) also means “place of typing,” which I suppose would be an old-style secretarial pool.

Anyway this is not an adjective but a…substantive? Is that right?

How about “Taipei resident”?

Actually that should be: Hong Kong = Hongkonger, and it is very yuck, but aptly enough it fits them like a stinking glove.

Resist the urge! Taipei residents sounds perfectly fine.

HG[/quote]

This reminds me of when I was teaching a similar conversation topic to my Japanese students.

They call Hong Kong residents > Honkies. As an African American, I couldn’t stop laughing for a good 2 mins. :smiling_imp: :laughing:

Taipayer (as in “this place is really expensive”)
Taiburger (as in Hamburger)
Taiplander (as in Highlander)