This is all a bit confusing, because there's a very famous song by Merle Haggard, Okie from Muskogee. The chorus starts, I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee. This suggests that it at least at one time, carried a fair bit of local patriotism to me.
You never know when you are from a different state, country, locale how people like to be addressed or what is really a pejorative. We have our Newfies here, Newfoundlanders, people from Newfoundland. We call them Newfies, they proudly call themselves Newfies. We have tons of jokes about our beloved, easy-going, known to love the moonshine, Newfies. They either know all the jokes, and are usually happy to tell you a few more you haven't yet heard.
Just goes to show, you never know. I had such a vague recollection of that song that I first attempted to google it as Okie from Pascokie.
Jeanne
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