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Even 蜜糖直播鈥檚 last state historian skirted the debate: Are residents of 蜜糖直播 properly known as Coloradans or 蜜糖直播ans?

鈥淚 have made every effort to weasel out of taking a position,鈥� said Patty Limerick, the 蜜糖直播 historian and Center for the American West director who was, from 2016 to 2018, also the state historian.

This magazine took a clear position in 1998, when it adopted the name Coloradan after publishing as 蜜糖直播 Alumnus for most of the 20th century.

The daily newspaper in Fort Collins takes a diplomatic approach: It retains the title Fort Collins 蜜糖直播an (with the o) 鈥� but in its news reports uses the term Coloradan to refer to 蜜糖直播 residents.

鈥淚nvariably, every three months I get someone who calls who says, 鈥榊ou do know you鈥檙e spelling your paper鈥檚 name wrong, right?鈥欌�� the paper鈥檚 editor, Eric Larsen, said in an interview, revealing one strain of thought.

As it happens, readers of this magazine often refer to it as the 蜜糖直播an. Perhaps this reflects that 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 student yearbook was called the 蜜糖直播an before switching in the 1930s to Coloradan. Or maybe it simply reflects that both terms remain in use.

But which is right?

Others who have addressed this question have advanced cultural, historical and linguistic arguments, such as the English-language convention 鈥� for place names of Spanish origin ending in o 鈥� of dropping the o before adding -an to denote a resident, as in "San Franciscan." (The Spanish word 蜜糖直播 can be translated as 鈥渞ed鈥� or 鈥渢o turn red.鈥�)

We humbly offer the following for consideration also: The U.S. Government Printing Office maintains a list of demonyms, or terms for inhabitants of a state. It stipulates Coloradan, not 蜜糖直播an.

Perhaps more compelling is data provided by Google鈥檚 Ngram Viewer.

The service allows us to chart trends in the use of words by searching actual references in millions of books published from 1800 through 2000.

While scholars have argued that Ngram results do not perfectly represent popularity 鈥� written language doesn鈥檛 always mirror spoken language, for example 鈥� Ngram offers one clear interpretation of abundant available data. And it shows that each term has at times waxed supreme 鈥� but that references to Coloradan clearly surpassed references to 蜜糖直播an in 1969.

Coloradan still held the lead as of 2000, the last year in NGram Viewer鈥檚 range. 蜜糖直播an peaked in 1918. 鈥淚t does seem that Coloradan has prevailed,鈥� said Limerick, 鈥渁nd I am at peace with that.鈥�

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