Talk:Hoosier
From Academic Kids
Why is this separate from [[Indiana[[? It has no independent existence. Wetman 19:12, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
This article is mostly bollocks. "Hoosier" is a Scots word that dates back to at least to the 18th Century, which in today's parlance translates basically into "damned dirty hillbilly." There are parts of the U.S. where this word is still used in its original 18th Century sense and meaning (as the article appears to very briefly note). To true Hoosiers, which is to say to beer-drinking, euchre-playing, smart-aleck contrarians from Indiana, this insult was turned about in much the same manner as the Continental Army turned about the tune "Yankee Doodle." No mystery here. Edeans 02:57, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Interesting spin on the term, though I'm wondering why you didn't mention the "damned dirty hillbilly" thing along with the "beer-drinking, euchre-playing, smart-aleck contrarian from Indiana" sentence, although hindsight would indicate to me that you pretty much meant that. Sounds like you haven't been around Indianapolis lately. They don't let people spit or throw peanuts on the floor anymore, and the Mayor had all of the hitching posts taken down a long time ago. We even have these new-fangled things called computers... KC9CQJ 05:50, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
