• scbasteve7@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    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.

    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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      1 hour ago

      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.

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      13 hours ago

      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).

      • drhugsymcfur@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        I’m an Indianan because I don’t want to be associated with the 5th year high school in the Southern half of our start.