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Weirdest one is people from Indiana are called 'Hoosiers'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier
Most awkward one is Connecticuter .... it sounds more like a profession than in describing where someone comes from.
Having grown up there, I always liked Connecticutian as a serious one, but also accepted is Nutmegger (it's the nutmeg state) and best jokey name is Connecticunt (pairs well with our neighboring Massholes)
Oh that's SO much easier to say!!
Hello from Litchfield county
Yeah but. I lived in Indiana for a long time and most people just say Indianan. Hoosier is more of a Midwest thing. I'm from Arkansas, and that and Florida is a little odd. It's pronounced differently than the state is.
Most people from where? Everyone in Indiana says Hoosier. Maybe it is a Midwest thing, but I don't know how I'd react if someone called me an Indianan. It doesn't even sound correct (admittedly, at least 20% of these sound really awkward).
English is horrible at Demonyms specifically because we've stolen so many words from other languages. It's why the default is actually the phrase, "I am from..." Instead of "I am a/an..."
I had an American history teacher in high school who was adamant we weren't Arkansan because fuck Kansas (paraphrased). He said we were Arkansonian. It doesn't seem to have caught on.
Hoosier here. I have no explanation.
A question I wondered about is ... how do you pronounce it?
or some other way I don't know about?
btw, nice to meet a Hoosier
the second one
there's a pie shop near me called "Hoosier Mama"
Didn't they also sell women's legwear and the shop is actually called "Hoosier Mama's Hosiery"
I'm remembering wrong, they were a major supplier for the escort fashion industry based in Indiana ....
"Hoosier Mama's Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes"
They hosted a Christmas celebration in 1987 they called ....
“Hoosier Mama’s Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes Holiday Hoedown for Whores"
Who shur is closer. Though some pronounce it more with a z sound instead of an s.
More like a French "j," as is "joie de vivre"
Yeah that's more accurate
I've heard them called Connecticritters and I like that
We usually call drivers from Connecticut Connecticunts. And Mass drivers are Massholes. Rhode Island drivers are to be avoided at all costs.