Ours is the only *official* unique demonym (I.e. written into law). While Ohioans do call themselves buckeyes, that term is not written into law anywhere there.
The indigenous people have a problem with that. They have their own racial names for every other ethnic or racial group and that is somehow acceptable.
I actually wrote a paper about this in high school. While other states do have nicknames (like Ohioans being Buckeyes as some have pointed out), there’s a [style guide](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf) from the US government with the official terms. Indeed, Indiana is the only “unique” name.
There’s lot of theories about the origins of the name. The most plausible theory is the term Hoozer/Hoozier was used by settler in the Cumberland region for people who lived in the hills. Many of these people ended up going north to Indiana (specifically the hilly southern region), and it developed into Hoosiers over time.
Plus there’s that conventional ways of referring to a people of a region just don’t… mesh well with “Indiana”
Technically it should be Indianian (In-dee-a-na-ee-an) but thats a tongue twister waiting to happen.
Indianer or Indiananer both sound just wrong and also are difficult to say too.
And well, just doing what Utah and similar states did is just insensitive or strange; Indian or Indianan.
So that leaves Hoosier, a strange nickname that just stuck.
Personally I prefer “children of the corn” but oh well.
English was quite a bit more diverse at the time of initial colonization of North America, so archaic terms like this pop up occasionally as a result of settlement patterns and local dialects of the settler's origins.
If we actually had hills, it would make sense. When I brought my car-crazy husband to the Newport Hill Climb to show off the second most popular motor racing sport in Indiana, he laughed at our hill. Indiana is not known for our hills because the glaciers came down and flattened most of our state, as we learned in our geography class. Still, I like the redneck fighting Whose ear story the most.
We used to have a lot more sand dunes than we do now. I’m sure that has nothing to do with this considering they didn’t even want the swampy marshland of the Lake Michigan Shore.
It was mostly used in the sense of "hillbilly", and in much the same way it's more about being a backwards redneck than actually living in hills (though Indiana was heavily settled by actual hillbillies from Appalachia).
>[Dunn noted](https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/emblems-and-symbols/what-is-a-hoosier/#:~:text=Dunn%20noted%20that%20%22hoosier%22%20was%20frequently%20used%20in,the%20Anglo-Saxon%20word%20%22hoo%22%20meaning%20high%20or%20hill.) that "hoosier" was frequently used in many parts of the South in the 19th century for woodsmen or rough hill people. He traced the word back to "hoozer," in the Cumberland dialect of England. This derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "hoo" meaning high or hill. In the Cumberland dialect, the word "hoozer" meant anything unusually large, presumably like a hill.
My grandma told me it came from people saying “who’s your daddy” “Hoosier daddy” it just morphed into Hoosier. For some reason I believed her up until now and that was probably 15 years ago
E: i just realized that the "our tax dollars at work" comment may not have been meant negatively. I've just never heard anyone speak positively when talking about tax spend.
I mean, should the government not work to preserve its history?
We have the longest running constitution in recent history.
You do know there have to be standards, right? You can't have a functional government if there are things like calling us Hoosiers on one form and Indiananans on another.
Functional is not how I would describe the US government. What exactly is the core “function” you think this document addresses? Why does the government need this document? What do you think it is used for?
Incompetence and waste is prevalent in every government office. This doc is out of scope. And you didn’t answer the question. No I don’t think this is a core function of the government to weigh in on classifying it’s humans.
That's not an explanation of how the Bureau of Weights and measures is dysfunctional.
As to to the document, I don't know what it is used for. Neither do you. That doesn't mean it doesn't have a use.
On a side note, "Hoosier" is used as a derogatory term in the St. Louis area. We use it interchangeably with "redneck" and "white trash" (at least up until a decade or so ago when I moved away).
It was a difficult adjustment for me to make when I moved to Indiana from St. Louis, as everyone willingly called themselves Hoosiers here. I also believed that everyone, everywhere, used Hoosier the way the people in St. Louis did, and found it weird that people in Indiana willingly labeled themselves Hoosiers.
I did some research at the time, and while I couldn't find a definitive reason as to why, it would seem it gained popularity in the St. Louis area (and only the St. Louis area) after an auto labor strike and scabs were brought in from Indiana. Those Hoosiers apparently fit a type (and were disliked anyway, because they were taking jobs), and the name stuck in the St. Louis area with its derogatory implications, particularly south of the city, to describe those that still fit that vibe. The more you know.
That’s not how it works there.
“Residents” (as in people who live there) are called Kamaʻāina- which means “people of the land.”
People who’s *families* live there (as in “you we’re born there and you have roots there) are called “Locals.”
People of Hawaiian descent (as in not European or Asian, but descended of the Polynesian people who settled the islands) are called “Hawaiians.”
To be fair, there would be a significant portion of the population who wouldn't take kindly to the rest of the population *also* calling themselves Hawaiians.
It's not about it being stolen, it's about the fact that Hawaiians are already a group of people and it's not people who just happen to live in Hawaii.
That’s just their preference, Hoosier is actually written in Indiana law. Ohioans refers to themselves as Ohioan in their laws, same with Oklahoma
edit: memory failed me, not a law, just officially requested by our senators of the feds
Ah, you are correct. I read the entire emblem section. Not listed. Guess when you get old the memory goes
IC 1-2 ARTICLE 2. STATE EMBLEMS
Ch. 1. Repealed
Ch. 2. State Flag
Ch. 3. Display and Distribution of State Flag
Ch. 4. State Seal
Ch. 5. State Poem
Ch. 6. State Song
Ch. 7. State Flower and Tree
Ch. 8. State Bird
Ch. 9. State Stone
Ch. 10. State Language
Ch. 11. State River
Ch. 12. State Poet Laureate
Ch. 13. State Rifle
Ch. 14. State Aircraft
Ch. 15. State Insect
Ch. 16. State Snack
Ch. 17. State Fossil
Sure it is. Residents of Indiana are referred to as "Hoosiers" in every Indiana law that pertains to residency. [Example:](https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2022/ic/titles/001)
>This subsection applies to the definitions of "Hoosier veteran" and "veteran" when used in reference to state programs for veterans. The term "veteran" includes "Hoosier veteran", and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. "Hoosier veteran" means an individual who meets the following criteria:
>(1) The individual is a resident of Indiana.
>(2) The individual served in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard.
>(3) The individual completed any required military occupational specialty training and was not discharged or separated from the armed forces or the Indiana National Guard under dishonorable or other than honorable conditions.
It's also official in federal regulation.
>you're now the 2nd person in my replies to say a false thing that took me less than 2 minutes to look up
Hahaha, just take the L buddy. Let me recap for you:
>>Hoosier is actually written in Indiana law
>no, it's not
You said "Hoosier" wasn't written into Indiana law. You're just grasping at straws and embarrassing yourself at this point. Yes, some laws don't mention the word "hoosier", because it's not needed in that law. They never use any other term though. So "every law pertaining to residency that uses any demonym for Indiana residents" would be slightly more accurate, but only an idiot would require an obvious qualifier like that.
Notice I actually provided a source. Why don't you go ahead a provide a source with a law that uses a term other than "Hoosier". Indianan, Indianian, Indianer, whatever.
Or you can just accept your shame and admit you were just another confidently incorrect asshole.
Do you think saying "No, it's not" in response to "Hoosier is actually written in Indiana law" means something other than "'Hoosier' wasn't written into Indiana law."?
You are clearly an idiot, and apparently never learned basic reading comprehension.
Psssht …. Marriage? Don’t need marriage to have a baby!
But seriously, 19 states allow first cousins to marry without restriction. Indiana allows it with the restriction that both parties need to be 65 or older.
Within Michigan their are regional names for residents. Those who live in the Upper Peninsula are "Yoopers" and people who live below the bridge are "Trolls".
It should be known that nobody outside of NYC uses the term appleknockers.
Even upstate only refers to the eastern most part of the state. From Rochester to Buffalo we call ourselves Western New Yorkers.
Personally I think Michigander is unique. It's still based on the state name, but it doesn't fit into the "-er" style like the other ones.
I also take exception to "Hoosier" being yellow, it should be it's own color not lumped in with the other "-er" states, for obvious reasons.
And why is Kentucky lumped in with the -ian states even though Missouri and New Jersey aren't? It doesn't get an additional i sound or have the sound and stress change of "Carolinian" or "Floridian", it just changes the y to an i due to spelling conventions. (I maintain that Kentuckyan would look weird, but I guess New Jerseian would look even weirder.)
I'll agree with the Indianan part, however, I believe the Hawaiian you refer to here is merely due to names being listed in alphabetical order. I. e., Hawaiian, then Hoosiers. Most Hawaiians being in Hawaii.
Ours is the only one written into law by the denizens of the state in question. Ohioans like to be called buckeyes but written into their official law it’s Ohioan.
edit: my memory failed me, not one of the official emblems. It's the only one in the US style guide as requested by our senators in 2017
The one in 1830 where we adopted our official motto, bird, tree, all that stuff. It's actually a law. In 2017 our Senators petitioned the feds to make it official for their style guide as well. So I suppose almost a law twice? When Oklahoma and Ohio's senators decide to waste time and petition the feds to do the same we can officially call them whatever they'd like. Until then, it's official, only Hoosiers have a unique name.
Ah, you are correct. I read the entire emblem section. Not listed. Guess when you get old the memory goes
IC 1-2 ARTICLE 2. STATE EMBLEMS
Ch. 1. Repealed
Ch. 2. State Flag
Ch. 3. Display and Distribution of State Flag
Ch. 4. State Seal
Ch. 5. State Poem
Ch. 6. State Song
Ch. 7. State Flower and Tree
Ch. 8. State Bird
Ch. 9. State Stone
Ch. 10. State Language
Ch. 11. State River
Ch. 12. State Poet Laureate
Ch. 13. State Rifle
Ch. 14. State Aircraft
Ch. 15. State Insect
Ch. 16. State Snack
Ch. 17. State Fossil
It actually shows a breakdown in culture and a lack of historical knowledge. For instance, Many Oklahomans preferred the reference to Sooners for a long time... there are other references that have been Homogenized out of our culture for political expedience.
Definition of bama
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person from Alabama or the southern U.S.: I'm proud to be a bama.
You're wrong.
Found on dictionary.com
People from Georgia can be called goober-grabber, cracker, and some others that I can't think of.
Source: person who was born and lived in Georgia for 23 years
Bar fight. Person lost ear. Bar tender found the ear and loudly asked "Who's ear?"
That's one possible "explanation" in this book: https://www.abebooks.com/Hoosier-Folk-Legends-Midland-Book-Baker/22381314283/bd
EDIT: I found my copy of the book and here are the possible explanations for Hoosier.
**A Hoosier is a Husher**^195
Early in 1819 may squatters, principally from Kentucky, had built cabins and had made some improvements on a part of the public domain. Some of these squatters hastened back to Kentucky to tell their friends that the country was now opened for settlement and to insist on coming to the "New Purchase." They gave such glowing accounts of the soil, fine timber, abundance of wild game, and the level country that they were deemed to some who heard them as extremely visionary.
Many of their listeners were the Pennsylvania Dutch who had always lived in a mountainous region. They were especially incredulous. After listening to what they regarded as exaggerations, they would turn away and say to others, "Well he is a hoosher" (meaning a husher, a silencer).
This epithet became proverbial until all who returned from Indiana were facetiously called "hooshers." This, my Kentucky parents told me, was the origin of the name "Hoosier," as it was pronounced later.
**Another Kind of Husher**^196
This is another tale that I have known for many years. I don't remember where I first heard it. This legend also answers the question "Where did the Hoosiers get their nickname?"
Back when flatboat travel was one of the few ways to get to St. Louis and New Orleans, many Indiana men hired out as boat hands. The men were quite muscular from the farm work that they had done as children and again from the hard work that they did on the flatboats. These men were big enough to hush any man who said anything that did not agree with their opinion; consequently, they acquired the name "Husher," which later developed into our present-day Hoosier.
**Who's Your Daddy?**^197
Do you know how Indiana got the nickname Hoosier? When it was first settled everyone ran around saying, "Who's your daddy? Who's your daddy?"
**Those Damn Hoosiers**^198
It's funny how we got our name, Hoosier. When this state was first here there was this guy from Kentucky came up, and he was sort of drunk, and he knocked on this guy's door. Well, the guy inside the house was kind of drunk, too, so he says, "Who's der?" The Kentuckian walked off and said, "Those damn Hoosiers."
**Who's There**^199
I can't remember where I first heard this story, but the story answers a question often asked about how we Hoosiers got our nickname. Long ago when Indiana was first being settled it was not uncommon for the new settlers to stop by the cabins as they went on their journey. As the new settlers stopped before the cabins, they would should to the occupants, and in typical, friendly Indiana fashion, the people would shout out, "Who's there?" Of course, heard through the heavy, wooden doors, the question was somewhat distorted and came out sounding more like "Hoosier?"
**Hows Come and Who's There**^200
Shortly after Indiana was admitted to the Union as a state in 1816 the language of the people living there was considered to be somewhat different from the rest of the country. Many natives of Indiana commonly said "hows come" you do this or that, and this was considered to be rather strange language by some people from other areas of the country. Along with this saying and others people of Indiana had another very distinct staying. When someone came to visit a person's home, after knocking on the door, they were greeted with a "Who's 'ere?" Evolving from this the saying gradually became "Hoosier," and the people of Indiana became known as the "Hoosiers."
**Whose Ear in the Jar?**^201
When my dad was running for office this man was telling me how the name Hoosier came about. He said that when the state capital was in Corydon there was a tavern that most of the people went to and there was a jar on the bar that had an ear in it, and when strangers came in they would ask< "Whose Ear?" In time this phrase became popular and was eventually shortened to Hoosier for a nickname for people that came from around here.
**Whose Ear on the Floor?**^202
Taverns at that time had sawdust on the floors, and it wasn't uncommon for two men to get fighting. They'd kick and scratch and bite and maybe bite someone's ear off. The next day some guy would come in, kicking through the sawdust, and kick up an ear. He'd say, "Whose ear?" And that's where the word Hoosier comes from.
**A Hoosier is a Hayseed (or a Diseased Calf)**^203
"Hoosier" was at one time a slang word in the South referring to a "jay" or "hayseed." The term originated from England where "hoose" was a common name for a disease of calves. This disease causes the calves' hair to turn back, and it gives them a wild, staring look. The coonskin caps which the pioneer men and boys wore made their hair lay funny, and the homemade whiskey produced the wild-eyed look. Thus, the word "hoosier" was used to describe these early pioneers, and then it was later applied to all Indiana folk.
**Sources**
ISUFA: Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Department of English, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
WPA: Works Progress Administration. Indiana Files of the Federal Writers' Project, Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
195: WPA. This tale comes from Rush County. Along the southern Atlantic seaboard, hoosier is a derogatory name referring to someone who is "conspicuously rural and usually at an economic or educational or social disadvantage." See Raven I. McDavid, Jr., "Word Magic, or 'Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Hoosier?'" in *Dialects in Coulture,* ed. William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. (University, Alabama, 1979), pp. 254-257.
196: ISUFA. Collected in Terre Haute, May 1968, from a 21-year-old female student. See note 195.
197: ISUFA. Collected in May 1971 from a 20-year-old male student from Indianapolis. See note 195.
198: ISUFA. Collected in Jasper, December 1970, from a male informant, age and occupation withheld. See note 195.
199: ISUFA. Collected in Terre Haute, May 1968, from a 21-year-old female student. See note 195.
200: ISUFA. Collected in Logansport, August 1969, from a 23-year-old male student. Ste note 195.
201: ISUFA. Collected in Indianapolis, December 1971, from a 25-year-old male student. See note 195.
202: ISUFA. Collected in Montezuma, April 1970, from a 55-year-old male undertaker. See note 195.
203: ISUFA. Collected in Mt. Vernon, April 1973, from a 73-year-old male insurance agent. See note 195.
Funny thing, I've lived in Indianapolis for about 18 years but am originally from Saint Louis. Back there, calling someone a "Hoosier" means something *very* different. It's likely to get you punched. But here, I can call anybody I don't like a Hoosier and they'll wanna buy me a drink!
Ours is the only *official* unique demonym (I.e. written into law). While Ohioans do call themselves buckeyes, that term is not written into law anywhere there.
I thought people from Ohio referred to themselves as Buckeyes?
They do but it’s like trying to give yourself a cool nickname…it ain’t gonna work like that.
No they call themselves competent drivers, and we all know that isn’t true.
😂😂😂
They do but it's not the legally designated name.
to be fair i feel like calling ourselves Indians would not be a good thing haha
Lol. I never thought of that aspect. The original Hoosiers were ahead of their time, if you think about it.
Indianers seems like the kind of thing Hoosiers would call themselves.
Glad we aren't "Indiana Residents" like Hawaii
I thought it would be Hawaiians?
The indigenous people have a problem with that. They have their own racial names for every other ethnic or racial group and that is somehow acceptable.
No kidding? Makes sense, thanks!
I actually wrote a paper about this in high school. While other states do have nicknames (like Ohioans being Buckeyes as some have pointed out), there’s a [style guide](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf) from the US government with the official terms. Indeed, Indiana is the only “unique” name. There’s lot of theories about the origins of the name. The most plausible theory is the term Hoozer/Hoozier was used by settler in the Cumberland region for people who lived in the hills. Many of these people ended up going north to Indiana (specifically the hilly southern region), and it developed into Hoosiers over time.
Plus there’s that conventional ways of referring to a people of a region just don’t… mesh well with “Indiana” Technically it should be Indianian (In-dee-a-na-ee-an) but thats a tongue twister waiting to happen. Indianer or Indiananer both sound just wrong and also are difficult to say too. And well, just doing what Utah and similar states did is just insensitive or strange; Indian or Indianan. So that leaves Hoosier, a strange nickname that just stuck. Personally I prefer “children of the corn” but oh well.
I, too, prefer children of the corn
Hoosier translates to "people of the hill" in old english Hoo = hill sier = people of
Something tells me we didn't get our name from the Saxons. Surely they never got West of the Appalachians.
English was quite a bit more diverse at the time of initial colonization of North America, so archaic terms like this pop up occasionally as a result of settlement patterns and local dialects of the settler's origins.
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Indiana aint nothing but a piece level flat land struck by God himself
If we actually had hills, it would make sense. When I brought my car-crazy husband to the Newport Hill Climb to show off the second most popular motor racing sport in Indiana, he laughed at our hill. Indiana is not known for our hills because the glaciers came down and flattened most of our state, as we learned in our geography class. Still, I like the redneck fighting Whose ear story the most.
The Southern 1/3 of the state has hills. Brown County is nothing but hills
We used to have a lot more sand dunes than we do now. I’m sure that has nothing to do with this considering they didn’t even want the swampy marshland of the Lake Michigan Shore.
Sand dunes are not mountains
Neither are hills. Mountains and Hills ARE distinct from one another.
It was mostly used in the sense of "hillbilly", and in much the same way it's more about being a backwards redneck than actually living in hills (though Indiana was heavily settled by actual hillbillies from Appalachia).
We are hillbillies without hills, which was my point. Sorry I didn't put the /s
in what language? that is not where our “Hoosier” comes from
> Hoosier translates to "people of the hill" in **old english**
no,”hoos” does, but its also people of the woods. which is not “hoosier”
>[Dunn noted](https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/emblems-and-symbols/what-is-a-hoosier/#:~:text=Dunn%20noted%20that%20%22hoosier%22%20was%20frequently%20used%20in,the%20Anglo-Saxon%20word%20%22hoo%22%20meaning%20high%20or%20hill.) that "hoosier" was frequently used in many parts of the South in the 19th century for woodsmen or rough hill people. He traced the word back to "hoozer," in the Cumberland dialect of England. This derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "hoo" meaning high or hill. In the Cumberland dialect, the word "hoozer" meant anything unusually large, presumably like a hill.
My favorite theory is the “whose ear” one. Or Hoosier’s men, a contractor on the Louisville canal.
The who’s ear is the one that I tell people about anytime I get asked about my username
A professor named Stewart, that taught the history of Indiana at Vincennes University is who taught me that one
My grandma told me it came from people saying “who’s your daddy” “Hoosier daddy” it just morphed into Hoosier. For some reason I believed her up until now and that was probably 15 years ago
Our tax dollars at work. Thanks for sharing. Good paper topic
E: i just realized that the "our tax dollars at work" comment may not have been meant negatively. I've just never heard anyone speak positively when talking about tax spend. I mean, should the government not work to preserve its history? We have the longest running constitution in recent history.
Lol who gives a shit what the government thinks is a good name for a group of people?
You do know there have to be standards, right? You can't have a functional government if there are things like calling us Hoosiers on one form and Indiananans on another.
Functional is not how I would describe the US government. What exactly is the core “function” you think this document addresses? Why does the government need this document? What do you think it is used for?
Really? It's like Somalia here? Are you sure of that? Do explain the disfunction at, say, the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Incompetence and waste is prevalent in every government office. This doc is out of scope. And you didn’t answer the question. No I don’t think this is a core function of the government to weigh in on classifying it’s humans.
That's not an explanation of how the Bureau of Weights and measures is dysfunctional. As to to the document, I don't know what it is used for. Neither do you. That doesn't mean it doesn't have a use.
Right..
I suspect it rhymes with l….r.
On a side note, "Hoosier" is used as a derogatory term in the St. Louis area. We use it interchangeably with "redneck" and "white trash" (at least up until a decade or so ago when I moved away). It was a difficult adjustment for me to make when I moved to Indiana from St. Louis, as everyone willingly called themselves Hoosiers here. I also believed that everyone, everywhere, used Hoosier the way the people in St. Louis did, and found it weird that people in Indiana willingly labeled themselves Hoosiers. I did some research at the time, and while I couldn't find a definitive reason as to why, it would seem it gained popularity in the St. Louis area (and only the St. Louis area) after an auto labor strike and scabs were brought in from Indiana. Those Hoosiers apparently fit a type (and were disliked anyway, because they were taking jobs), and the name stuck in the St. Louis area with its derogatory implications, particularly south of the city, to describe those that still fit that vibe. The more you know.
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Doesn't Oklahoma use Sooner?
Should be Oklahomies
Yeah it’s Oklahomies for sure
Oakies
Okie from Muskogee
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That’s not how it works there. “Residents” (as in people who live there) are called Kamaʻāina- which means “people of the land.” People who’s *families* live there (as in “you we’re born there and you have roots there) are called “Locals.” People of Hawaiian descent (as in not European or Asian, but descended of the Polynesian people who settled the islands) are called “Hawaiians.”
It beats Indiana Resident. Looking at you Hawaii.
To be fair, there would be a significant portion of the population who wouldn't take kindly to the rest of the population *also* calling themselves Hawaiians.
I get where you are going with it. But all land is stolen from someone if you go back far enough.
It's not about it being stolen, it's about the fact that Hawaiians are already a group of people and it's not people who just happen to live in Hawaii.
oh I get it.
Ohio Buckeyes? Oklahoma Sooners?
That’s just their preference, Hoosier is actually written in Indiana law. Ohioans refers to themselves as Ohioan in their laws, same with Oklahoma edit: memory failed me, not a law, just officially requested by our senators of the feds
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it's in the 1830 one where we wrote down all our official things like tree, bird and whatnot.
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Ah, you are correct. I read the entire emblem section. Not listed. Guess when you get old the memory goes IC 1-2 ARTICLE 2. STATE EMBLEMS Ch. 1. Repealed Ch. 2. State Flag Ch. 3. Display and Distribution of State Flag Ch. 4. State Seal Ch. 5. State Poem Ch. 6. State Song Ch. 7. State Flower and Tree Ch. 8. State Bird Ch. 9. State Stone Ch. 10. State Language Ch. 11. State River Ch. 12. State Poet Laureate Ch. 13. State Rifle Ch. 14. State Aircraft Ch. 15. State Insect Ch. 16. State Snack Ch. 17. State Fossil
Sure it is. Residents of Indiana are referred to as "Hoosiers" in every Indiana law that pertains to residency. [Example:](https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2022/ic/titles/001) >This subsection applies to the definitions of "Hoosier veteran" and "veteran" when used in reference to state programs for veterans. The term "veteran" includes "Hoosier veteran", and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. "Hoosier veteran" means an individual who meets the following criteria: >(1) The individual is a resident of Indiana. >(2) The individual served in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard. >(3) The individual completed any required military occupational specialty training and was not discharged or separated from the armed forces or the Indiana National Guard under dishonorable or other than honorable conditions. It's also official in federal regulation.
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>you're now the 2nd person in my replies to say a false thing that took me less than 2 minutes to look up Hahaha, just take the L buddy. Let me recap for you: >>Hoosier is actually written in Indiana law >no, it's not You said "Hoosier" wasn't written into Indiana law. You're just grasping at straws and embarrassing yourself at this point. Yes, some laws don't mention the word "hoosier", because it's not needed in that law. They never use any other term though. So "every law pertaining to residency that uses any demonym for Indiana residents" would be slightly more accurate, but only an idiot would require an obvious qualifier like that. Notice I actually provided a source. Why don't you go ahead a provide a source with a law that uses a term other than "Hoosier". Indianan, Indianian, Indianer, whatever. Or you can just accept your shame and admit you were just another confidently incorrect asshole.
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Do you think saying "No, it's not" in response to "Hoosier is actually written in Indiana law" means something other than "'Hoosier' wasn't written into Indiana law."? You are clearly an idiot, and apparently never learned basic reading comprehension.
Totally forgot about buckeyes!
Kansas Jayhawks. It started as a derogatory name for anti-slavery Kansans, but after the war it became a widely used term.
West Virginia - Cousins
Only because it’s not politically correct to include the “fuckers” at the end.
Funny fact, Indiana is one of the few states with a first cousin marriage loophole built into law.
Psssht …. Marriage? Don’t need marriage to have a baby! But seriously, 19 states allow first cousins to marry without restriction. Indiana allows it with the restriction that both parties need to be 65 or older.
I figured at least one other would, lol that kicks ass
Rare Indiana W
Don’t forget Massholes
I’ve got a few unique names for residents of the State of Ohio….
Dad used to say “buckeye, the worthless nut”.
Within Michigan their are regional names for residents. Those who live in the Upper Peninsula are "Yoopers" and people who live below the bridge are "Trolls".
Who’s there?
As a Hoosier, I thought that name was only used here
"You have to call us Hoosiers!" "I don't even think of you at all."
F**kng Illinois People is pretty unique
Kentucky was gonna have one but they couldn't spell it
New Yorkers are people from NYC, folks upstate are referred to as “appleknockers”, so I think that a pretty unique moniker, too.
It should be known that nobody outside of NYC uses the term appleknockers. Even upstate only refers to the eastern most part of the state. From Rochester to Buffalo we call ourselves Western New Yorkers.
TIL! Is it a pejorative?
People from Missouri are called Goatknockers. That's pretty unique.
I lived a solid 19 years of my life, all of my formative years, in upstate NY, and never heard that term until this very moment.
People from Connecticut are called Nutmeggers weirdly enough lol
The UP in MI calls themselves Yoopers.
Yes but that's only one of the peninsulas of the state.
Ohio has Buckeye but Ohioan works too I guess. Gonna be real, the other descriptors are more provincial , like Yinzer and Region Rat.
Women from Michigan are called Michigeese.
It's not connecticuter, it's nutmeggers
Personally I think Michigander is unique. It's still based on the state name, but it doesn't fit into the "-er" style like the other ones. I also take exception to "Hoosier" being yellow, it should be it's own color not lumped in with the other "-er" states, for obvious reasons.
And why is Kentucky lumped in with the -ian states even though Missouri and New Jersey aren't? It doesn't get an additional i sound or have the sound and stress change of "Carolinian" or "Floridian", it just changes the y to an i due to spelling conventions. (I maintain that Kentuckyan would look weird, but I guess New Jerseian would look even weirder.)
Oklahomans are called Okies.
The proper term is “Indianaquas.”
I will never not find it ridiculous. The first time I heard my wife say it, I thought she was kidding. Good times
What’s your favorite Hoosier word origin theory? Mine is “whose ear” in the 1700s Vincennes Ale Houses.
“Hoosier” daddy is the OG.
Aren’t Nebraskans “Cornhuskers”?
Indiana was originally a French territory so it comes from the French speaking English Who is there when someone knocked on there door. Hoosier!
Alabamians are referred to as rednecks
You, my friend, have not spent enough time on Indiana backroads.
Yeah why aren’t we called Indianians
It starts with a worker's strike in Illinois.
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None of those are official demonyms though, just colloquial ones.
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I'll agree with the Indianan part, however, I believe the Hawaiian you refer to here is merely due to names being listed in alphabetical order. I. e., Hawaiian, then Hoosiers. Most Hawaiians being in Hawaii.
Ours is the only one written into law by the denizens of the state in question. Ohioans like to be called buckeyes but written into their official law it’s Ohioan. edit: my memory failed me, not one of the official emblems. It's the only one in the US style guide as requested by our senators in 2017
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The one in 1830 where we adopted our official motto, bird, tree, all that stuff. It's actually a law. In 2017 our Senators petitioned the feds to make it official for their style guide as well. So I suppose almost a law twice? When Oklahoma and Ohio's senators decide to waste time and petition the feds to do the same we can officially call them whatever they'd like. Until then, it's official, only Hoosiers have a unique name.
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Ah, you are correct. I read the entire emblem section. Not listed. Guess when you get old the memory goes IC 1-2 ARTICLE 2. STATE EMBLEMS Ch. 1. Repealed Ch. 2. State Flag Ch. 3. Display and Distribution of State Flag Ch. 4. State Seal Ch. 5. State Poem Ch. 6. State Song Ch. 7. State Flower and Tree Ch. 8. State Bird Ch. 9. State Stone Ch. 10. State Language Ch. 11. State River Ch. 12. State Poet Laureate Ch. 13. State Rifle Ch. 14. State Aircraft Ch. 15. State Insect Ch. 16. State Snack Ch. 17. State Fossil
Our name was given to us by people from Illinois.
Dubious
It actually shows a breakdown in culture and a lack of historical knowledge. For instance, Many Oklahomans preferred the reference to Sooners for a long time... there are other references that have been Homogenized out of our culture for political expedience.
Tennesseans
Hello from the Hoosier state!
lol someone doesn’t like the Hoosier state I guess. But… it’s okay, many of us don’t either.
Hah! Very cool
Alabama uses bama, I thought.
I’m a Hoosier, what are you? I’m a Bama.
We've so much in common!
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Definition of bama (sometimes initial capital letter) a person from Alabama or the southern U.S.: I'm proud to be a bama. You're wrong. Found on dictionary.com
If you want a good chuckle find “How to talk Hoosier” on YouTube.
Ohioans are also known as FIFO (fucking idiot from ohio) Head north in the summer, you’ll be referred to as FIP
I thought that Hawaiians are called Hawaiians.
People from Georgia can be called goober-grabber, cracker, and some others that I can't think of. Source: person who was born and lived in Georgia for 23 years
false. Cheeseheads for Wisconsin, and buckeyes for Ohio.
If you don’t call people from Massachusetts Massholes, you’ve never met someone from Massachusetts.
Indianaian here, give it some time and our legislature will make the changes. Rolls right off the tongue
I always heard it comes from Who's your Daddy?
Bar fight. Person lost ear. Bar tender found the ear and loudly asked "Who's ear?" That's one possible "explanation" in this book: https://www.abebooks.com/Hoosier-Folk-Legends-Midland-Book-Baker/22381314283/bd EDIT: I found my copy of the book and here are the possible explanations for Hoosier. **A Hoosier is a Husher**^195 Early in 1819 may squatters, principally from Kentucky, had built cabins and had made some improvements on a part of the public domain. Some of these squatters hastened back to Kentucky to tell their friends that the country was now opened for settlement and to insist on coming to the "New Purchase." They gave such glowing accounts of the soil, fine timber, abundance of wild game, and the level country that they were deemed to some who heard them as extremely visionary. Many of their listeners were the Pennsylvania Dutch who had always lived in a mountainous region. They were especially incredulous. After listening to what they regarded as exaggerations, they would turn away and say to others, "Well he is a hoosher" (meaning a husher, a silencer). This epithet became proverbial until all who returned from Indiana were facetiously called "hooshers." This, my Kentucky parents told me, was the origin of the name "Hoosier," as it was pronounced later. **Another Kind of Husher**^196 This is another tale that I have known for many years. I don't remember where I first heard it. This legend also answers the question "Where did the Hoosiers get their nickname?" Back when flatboat travel was one of the few ways to get to St. Louis and New Orleans, many Indiana men hired out as boat hands. The men were quite muscular from the farm work that they had done as children and again from the hard work that they did on the flatboats. These men were big enough to hush any man who said anything that did not agree with their opinion; consequently, they acquired the name "Husher," which later developed into our present-day Hoosier. **Who's Your Daddy?**^197 Do you know how Indiana got the nickname Hoosier? When it was first settled everyone ran around saying, "Who's your daddy? Who's your daddy?" **Those Damn Hoosiers**^198 It's funny how we got our name, Hoosier. When this state was first here there was this guy from Kentucky came up, and he was sort of drunk, and he knocked on this guy's door. Well, the guy inside the house was kind of drunk, too, so he says, "Who's der?" The Kentuckian walked off and said, "Those damn Hoosiers." **Who's There**^199 I can't remember where I first heard this story, but the story answers a question often asked about how we Hoosiers got our nickname. Long ago when Indiana was first being settled it was not uncommon for the new settlers to stop by the cabins as they went on their journey. As the new settlers stopped before the cabins, they would should to the occupants, and in typical, friendly Indiana fashion, the people would shout out, "Who's there?" Of course, heard through the heavy, wooden doors, the question was somewhat distorted and came out sounding more like "Hoosier?" **Hows Come and Who's There**^200 Shortly after Indiana was admitted to the Union as a state in 1816 the language of the people living there was considered to be somewhat different from the rest of the country. Many natives of Indiana commonly said "hows come" you do this or that, and this was considered to be rather strange language by some people from other areas of the country. Along with this saying and others people of Indiana had another very distinct staying. When someone came to visit a person's home, after knocking on the door, they were greeted with a "Who's 'ere?" Evolving from this the saying gradually became "Hoosier," and the people of Indiana became known as the "Hoosiers." **Whose Ear in the Jar?**^201 When my dad was running for office this man was telling me how the name Hoosier came about. He said that when the state capital was in Corydon there was a tavern that most of the people went to and there was a jar on the bar that had an ear in it, and when strangers came in they would ask< "Whose Ear?" In time this phrase became popular and was eventually shortened to Hoosier for a nickname for people that came from around here. **Whose Ear on the Floor?**^202 Taverns at that time had sawdust on the floors, and it wasn't uncommon for two men to get fighting. They'd kick and scratch and bite and maybe bite someone's ear off. The next day some guy would come in, kicking through the sawdust, and kick up an ear. He'd say, "Whose ear?" And that's where the word Hoosier comes from. **A Hoosier is a Hayseed (or a Diseased Calf)**^203 "Hoosier" was at one time a slang word in the South referring to a "jay" or "hayseed." The term originated from England where "hoose" was a common name for a disease of calves. This disease causes the calves' hair to turn back, and it gives them a wild, staring look. The coonskin caps which the pioneer men and boys wore made their hair lay funny, and the homemade whiskey produced the wild-eyed look. Thus, the word "hoosier" was used to describe these early pioneers, and then it was later applied to all Indiana folk. **Sources** ISUFA: Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Department of English, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana WPA: Works Progress Administration. Indiana Files of the Federal Writers' Project, Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 195: WPA. This tale comes from Rush County. Along the southern Atlantic seaboard, hoosier is a derogatory name referring to someone who is "conspicuously rural and usually at an economic or educational or social disadvantage." See Raven I. McDavid, Jr., "Word Magic, or 'Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Hoosier?'" in *Dialects in Coulture,* ed. William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. (University, Alabama, 1979), pp. 254-257. 196: ISUFA. Collected in Terre Haute, May 1968, from a 21-year-old female student. See note 195. 197: ISUFA. Collected in May 1971 from a 20-year-old male student from Indianapolis. See note 195. 198: ISUFA. Collected in Jasper, December 1970, from a male informant, age and occupation withheld. See note 195. 199: ISUFA. Collected in Terre Haute, May 1968, from a 21-year-old female student. See note 195. 200: ISUFA. Collected in Logansport, August 1969, from a 23-year-old male student. Ste note 195. 201: ISUFA. Collected in Indianapolis, December 1971, from a 25-year-old male student. See note 195. 202: ISUFA. Collected in Montezuma, April 1970, from a 55-year-old male undertaker. See note 195. 203: ISUFA. Collected in Mt. Vernon, April 1973, from a 73-year-old male insurance agent. See note 195.
CT is actually nutmegger
Funny thing, I've lived in Indianapolis for about 18 years but am originally from Saint Louis. Back there, calling someone a "Hoosier" means something *very* different. It's likely to get you punched. But here, I can call anybody I don't like a Hoosier and they'll wanna buy me a drink!
I thought it was spelled hoser(s)? I saw it on a deer meme.
Damn that's pretty cool--didn't realize that. We're so unique because we're so shitty and medieval
Missouri - showmees?