• synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 hours ago

      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)

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      13 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.

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        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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        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).

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          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.

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        13 hours ago

        A question I wondered about is … how do you pronounce it?

        • ‘Who-see-er’
        • ‘Who-shur’

        or some other way I don’t know about?

        btw, nice to meet a Hoosier