For a story Jeff was writing, he asked people: what do you call a person from Salt Lake?  And they get this glazed over look, shrug their shoulders and say "I dunno … Salt Laker? Maybe. Yeah."

I mean do you really say that?  I haven’t heard it out of anyone’s mouth in 11 years.  

A Parisian is from Paris

A Roman is from Rome

But what do you call a personwho calls Salt Lake his home?

Ogdenians and Heberites have names that both make sense

Or maybe their Hebernians-‘bout this I’m on the fence.

But surely all the Loganeers and most of the Duchayniards also

West Jordanians are known by rather sane words. 

A spaniard is from Spain

They have Eskimos in Nome

But what do you call a person who calls Salt Lake his home?

Some would say Salt Laker.

But would that describve your Mom?

A Laker shoots a basketball

A Laker is LeBron

It doesn’t seem appropriate it doesn’t feel quite right

It makes about as much sense

Salt Lakeian or ite.

Some would say just call your friend a Utahn…but for fun… I’ll have to ask if Utahn's spelled with two “a"s.  Or just one.

But insist you’re a Salt Laker I’ll know just what you meant. But pardon me if I call you "A Salt Lake Resident"

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