>>>>>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?
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>>>>>>SYNTAX POLICE:
>>>>>>... It was also funny to see John and I in complete agreement.
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>>>>>>It was also funny to see John and me in complete agreement.
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>>>>>>Sorry - bugbear of mine! :-)
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>>>>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...
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>>>Illini?! Bite your tongue! Wildcat is fine and so is Badger, but don't call me a steenkin' Illini.
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>I think it's Illinoians, but don't hold me to that.
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>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.

Wow, I can't even say that.

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