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Where I'm from, a Hoosier is a...

dish made of egg whites, ham, and Skittles.
citizen of Indiana.
tire.
rural person of low character or small means.
never heard of it.
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Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« on: March 26, 2011, 01:26:06 AM »
It appears there is a regional difference in the application of this term. Or is there? Please state your place of origin and/or current residence, and what this term means to you.

http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/extra/hoosier.html

I have lived mostly in the St. Louis region since childhood, which (they say) is the one part of the country where "hoosier" is not a proper noun, but a term of derision without reference to geography. I first heard it used this way, but soon learned its correct meaning.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2011, 01:37:29 AM »
Grew up in Indiana... so.....
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2011, 01:38:43 AM »
In Wisconsin, Hoosier is a citizen of Indiana. Down here in AL, a Hoosier is a "flatlander", which is also what Wisconsinites call those from IL. Of course, down here, Wisconsinites are "flatlanders", too. ;)
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2011, 01:42:55 AM »
It's pronounced hoser, eh.  =D

I'll just be eating my bacon.  >:D
 
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2011, 01:53:55 AM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on March 26, 2011, 01:38:43 AM
a "flatlander", which is also what Wisconsinites call those from IL.

And with good reason!  Sorry, charby.  =)
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2011, 02:08:38 AM »
Tire! More stagger now!  =D
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2011, 04:58:41 AM »
I was born and grew up in Indiana.....
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2011, 05:28:07 AM »
Born and grew up in Nevada, currently in Oregon.  "Hoosier" means "citizen of Indiana" to me, but only because I read Tamara's blog.

Otherwise, it probably wouldn't mean much to me. Intellectually, I'd still understand it had something to do with Indiana, but I wouldn't automatically make that connection.  Might take a few seconds for my synapses to reach that point.

I think this is the first time I've heard it as a reference to "rural person of low character or small means" or a tire, though. 'Round these parts, "rural person of low character or small means" are usually referred to as hicks or rednecks, or occasionally, hillbillies.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2011, 06:02:23 AM »
I haven't grown up yet.

But "Hoosier" means either a citizen of Indiana or one who has no idea how to drive an automobile (same thing, isn't it?).

A small portion of my youth was spent at Bass Lake, Indiana, which was too small to have its own Western Auto store so folks had to travel to Hamlet in order to buy their drivers license.  No test - just lay your money down and you got a license.  How quickly depended on how fast the guy behind the counter could hunt and peck to type in your name.

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2011, 07:41:42 AM »
Not to be confused with "hoser" of course.  ;)
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2011, 07:46:14 AM »
I was born a Buckeye, so "Hoosier" means "Indiana Person" to me.

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2011, 09:25:17 AM »
Brand of tire.
"I gots some new 255-50-16 Hoosiers for the Nova"

Self imposed term of endearment for Indiana residents or natives.
"I'm a Hoosier.  Are you a Hoosier?"

Pejorative towards residents of indiana, usually accompanied by a colorful adjective, often shortened to F.I.P. (add adjective to doggy daddy's definition) pronounced "fip".
"Dag blammed Hoosiers clogging up Friday afternoon traffic again"  
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"Sorry I'm late, I got caught behind a gaggle of fips at the Burrito stand."





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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2011, 10:42:27 AM »
I thought it was a Hooters girl who couldn't spell.....  =|
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2011, 11:53:59 AM »
In my experience, St Louis is the only place I've been where 'Hoosier' means anything except someone from Indiana.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2011, 03:01:32 PM »
I've heard it. Don't know, don't care.

Actually, I thought it was a sport thing.
Which would explain the "don't know, don't care."  :laugh:
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2011, 03:18:46 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on March 26, 2011, 01:38:43 AM
In Wisconsin, Hoosier is a citizen of Indiana. Down here in AL, a Hoosier is a "flatlander", which is also what Wisconsinites call those from IL. Of course, down here, Wisconsinites are "flatlanders", too. ;)

I have relatives in Wisconsin and that is NOT what they call people from IL =D  I don't think Art's relatives would appreciate what they DO call them, however.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2011, 05:31:14 PM »
Somebody who voted for Hoover?
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2011, 05:43:07 PM »
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I have relatives in Wisconsin and that is NOT what they call people from IL   I don't think Art's relatives would appreciate what they DO call them, however.

I lived in Wisconsin for 51 years, and we called them "flatlanders", but more often "FIBS".
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2011, 07:32:38 PM »
Quote from: Headless Thompson Gunner on March 26, 2011, 11:53:59 AM
In my experience, St Louis is the only place I've been where 'Hoosier' means anything except someone from Indiana.

This has been my experience as well.  Certain less refined individuals in many parts of the country are called "hillbillies," however St. Louisans seem to have substituted the term hoosier. 

I guess hillbilly hits a little too close to home.   :P
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2011, 08:16:42 PM »
"Personally, I don't think much of Hoosiers neither."



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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2011, 08:30:26 PM »
Hoosier friend, here?

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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2011, 12:40:42 PM »
Many different theories:

1.  People who worked for Samuel Huzier in Indiana before statehood.

2.  "Whose ear?"

3.  "Who's there?"

4.  Southern term to describe banjos, which still survives in Missouri.
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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #22 on: March 27, 2011, 01:40:59 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on March 26, 2011, 08:16:42 PM
"Personally, I don't think much of Hoosiers neither."





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Re: Poll: What's a Hoosier?
« Reply #23 on: March 27, 2011, 01:46:50 PM »
Pale Rider?

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« Reply #24 on: March 27, 2011, 01:50:44 PM »
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