HOOSIERS...speak up! ...its ok Whats a Hoosier ??
Originally posted by mojo55 QuoteHOOSIERS...speak up! ...its ok Whats a Hoosier ?? [/B] (Image removed from quote.)
HOOSIERS...speak up! ...its ok Whats a Hoosier ?? [/B]
Originally posted by Box1 LOL they dont have a clue what a hoosier is!
Originally posted by mojo55 QuoteHOOSIERS...speak up! ...its ok Whats a Hoosier ?? [/B] Used as a nickname for a native or resident of Indiana.We know where Hoosiers come from: Indiana. But where does the name Hoosier come from? That is less easy to answer. The origins of Hoosier are rather obscure, but the most likely possibility is that the term is an alteration of hoozer, an English dialect word recorded in Cumberland, a former county of northwest England, in the late 19th century and used to refer to anything unusually large. The transition between hoozer and Hoosier is not clear. The first recorded instance of Hoosier meaning “Indiana resident” is dated 1826; however, it seems possible that senses of the word recorded later in the Dictionary of Americanisms, including “a big, burly, uncouth specimen or individual; a frontiersman, countryman, rustic,” reflect the kind of use this word had before it settled down in Indiana. As a nickname, Hoosier was but one of a variety of disparaging terms for the inhabitants of particular states arising in the early 19th century. Texans were called Beetheads, for example; Alabamans were Lizards; Nebraskans were Bug-eaters; South Carolinians were Weasels, and Pennsylvanians were Leatherheads. People in Missouri might have had it worst of allthey were called Pukes. Originally, these names were probably taken up by people living in neighboring states, but belittled residents adopted them in a spirit of defiant pride, much as American colonists turned the derisive term Yankee into a moniker for their spirit of rebellion. Today, most of these frontier nicknames have disappeared from the landscape. A few like Okie still exist with much of their original animus. Others survive as nicknames for the sports teams of state universitiesthe North Carolina Tarheels, the Ohio Buckeyes, and so onfighting words only on the playing field or court.And all this from a transplanted Hoosier
Originally posted by Box1 Just curious to see who the other Hossiers are that play AH2. >>>>>>>>>>>MUNCIE<<<<<<<<<< Box1
Originally posted by hubsonfire Crawfordsville here. Yeaaaaah buddy Where the very cool Ben Hur epic was written (ya know, the chariot deathrace 2000 movie?)
