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== Difference in terminology == === ''Michigander'' vs. ''Michiganian'' === While governors [[James Blanchard|Jim Blanchard]], [[John Engler]], and [[Jennifer Granholm]] used ''Michiganian'', more recent governors [[Rick Snyder]]<ref>{{cite news |first= Aaron |last= Foley |date= November 3, 2010 |url= http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/11/the_michigander_vs_michiganian.html |title= The 'Michigander vs. Michiganian' Debate Crops Up Again in Wake of Snyder's Election |work= MLive |publisher= [[Booth Newspapers]] |access-date= August 27, 2016}}</ref> and [[Gretchen Whitmer]]<ref>{{cite web |author = Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer |year = 2019 |title = About the Governor |url = https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90498_90646---,00.html |publisher = Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer |access-date = June 3, 2019}}</ref> have used ''Michigander''. A 2011 poll indicated 58% of Michigan residents preferred ''Michigander'', compared to 12% for ''Michiganian'', with 12% having no preference, and 11% not liking either term.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/02/11/Poll-Michiganders-embrace-the-label/UPI-73121297414800/ |title= Poll: 'Michiganders' Embrace the Label |publisher= [[United Press International]] |date= February 11, 2011 |access-date= August 27, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, as part of a unanimous bill to modernize the legislation establishing the Michigan Historical Commission, the state legislature changed a reference from ''Michiganian'' to ''Michigander'', implicitly endorsing the latter term.<ref>{{cite news |first = Kathleen |last = Gray |url = https://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/11/02/michigander-michiganian/824987001/ |title = Michiganders or Michiganians? Lawmakers Settle It |date = November 2, 2017 |work = Detroit Free Press |access-date = April 4, 2018}}</ref> The federal government continues to use ''Michiganian''.<ref>{{cite book |author = United States Government Publishing Office |author-link = United States Government Publishing Office |year = 2016 |title = Style Manual: An Official Guide to the Form and Style of Federal Government Publications |url = https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf |edition = 31st |location = Washington, DC |publisher = United States Government Publishing Office |page = 95 |isbn = 9780160936012 |oclc = 981985469 |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> === ''Yooper'' === Residents of the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]] typically refer to themselves instead as [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|''Yoopers'']] (a formation derived from the initials ''U.P.'') either instead of or in addition to a state demonym.<ref>{{cite news |title = Da 'Yoopers' Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary Celebrating Residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/da-yoopers-merriam-webster-dictionary-article-1.1797804 |work = [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location = New York |agency = [[Associated Press]] |access-date = June 18, 2017 }}</ref> They sometimes refer to residents of the Lower Peninsula who live "below the [[Mackinac Bridge|bridge]]" between the peninsulas as ''[[Three Billy Goats Gruff|trolls]]'', but this term is rarely self-applied.<ref>{{cite news |first = Clare |last = Toeniskoetter |date = March 30, 2014 |url = http://michiganradio.org/post/vocabulary-yoopers-trolls-and-fudgies |title = The Vocabulary of Yoopers, Trolls and Fudgies |publisher = Michigan Radio |access-date = June 18, 2017 }}</ref>
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