>>>>Thanks. I did stop and think about that but didn't care enough to look it up. Will try to remember from now on that it's "me." Why is that, anyway?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>SYNTAX POLICE:
>>>>>... It was also funny to see John and I in complete agreement.
>>>>>
>>>>>It was also funny to see John and me in complete agreement.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry - bugbear of mine! :-)
>>>
>>>The rule is, you take out the other person and the sentence should still make sense, for example:
>>>It was also funny to see I in complete agreement.
>>>It was also funny to see me in complete agreement.
>>>
>>>Now the meaning isn't preserved, but the second sentence is gramatically correct.
>>>
>>>You Illini...
>>
>>
>>Illini?! Bite your tongue! Wildcat is fine and so is Badger, but don't call me a steenkin' Illini.


I think it's Illinoians, but don't hold me to that.

Garrison Keillor had a funny bit on his radio show a few weeks ago. An actor pretending to be President Bush said he was planning to combine Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas into a single state called Wisciowasotastan.

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>Illionian? What do they call people from Illinois? We are called Iowans, or Iowawegians from Minnesotans. However, I call them Canadians.