Emmet (Cornish)

Emmet (alt spellings emmit or emit) is a pejorative nickname that some Cornish people use to refer to the non-Cornish. It originally referred to tourists who visit Cornwall but has also been used by native Cornish Folk to refer to "incomers" or residents who have moved to the county but were not born there. The related terms Overner and Overlander are used on the Isle of Wight to refer to outsiders from the mainland, who are viewed with similar levels of suspicion.