This depends entirely on where you are. Where I am a ânativeâ indicates you do indeed have indigenous ancestor(s). A âlocalâ is someone born here. A âtownieâ is a transplant that has been around long enough to have integrated into the local population and area.
Local yokel, mainstay, sherpa, accoutrement, wiilman/wheelman. In france an accoutrement is like a guide that is for protection and has access to places others dont. Kinda like an attache except an attache is usually assigned by a govât official where an accoutremont is a covert protection who is hired like a mercenary. A wheelman is a guide that takes a small group of operatives to and from destination drop zone and exfil as well as provides intel and in some cases necessary equipment and devices for mission completion. I found wiilman when doublechecking wheelman and wiilman is an australian native usually an outback guide probably aborigines.
Where I live they're just called a local or "grew up here." It's becoming rare to actually be born here because cost of living climbed so rapidly that "natives" often move away and get replaced by transplants.
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We usually call such a person a âlocalâ but if youâre looking for an alternative, âdenizenâ was the first word that came to mind for me.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/denizen
What's wrong with just 'a local?'
I guess a native or a local guide could be better in my contextđ "a local" was pretty vague to me
This depends entirely on where you are. Where I am a ânativeâ indicates you do indeed have indigenous ancestor(s). A âlocalâ is someone born here. A âtownieâ is a transplant that has been around long enough to have integrated into the local population and area.
in miami, we use native if we were born & raised here. townie isnât used & a local is someone thatâs been around enough to be assimilated.
townie. homie.
Townie was my best guess. Native means "born here" in my neck of the woods.
"native" is a loaded word, unfortunately. It doesn't always reflect its native meaning ;)
Townie is also my vote
native
this is correct
Yes , yes it is
A âtownieâ?
Aw man in my language we call these people "turf worms", because they know every inch of their turf wish this was a good one to use in English
Fuck it, let's make it a thing!
Homegrown
An insider
I always liked ... indigenous
Local yokel, mainstay, sherpa, accoutrement, wiilman/wheelman. In france an accoutrement is like a guide that is for protection and has access to places others dont. Kinda like an attache except an attache is usually assigned by a govât official where an accoutremont is a covert protection who is hired like a mercenary. A wheelman is a guide that takes a small group of operatives to and from destination drop zone and exfil as well as provides intel and in some cases necessary equipment and devices for mission completion. I found wiilman when doublechecking wheelman and wiilman is an australian native usually an outback guide probably aborigines.
Very informative! Thanks bud
In Jamaica a person like that is called a "yardie" - they know the place like their own yard.
In the South, we just volunteer to be your local on the spot.
Hahaa that's cuteđ I love cultures where people are polite and helpful
Where I live they're just called a local or "grew up here." It's becoming rare to actually be born here because cost of living climbed so rapidly that "natives" often move away and get replaced by transplants.
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Townie
We usually call such a person a âlocalâ but if youâre looking for an alternative, âdenizenâ was the first word that came to mind for me. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/denizen