3 ms·
Being from Indiana, I'm really surprised that 'Hoosier' didn't make this list as it's even more mysterious than the others(and most explanations are apocryphal)
by anthonybullard 9y ago
Being from Indiana, I'm really surprised that 'Hoosier' didn't make this list as it's even more mysterious than the others(and most explanations are apocryphal). But fun read none the less.
- the_watcher 9y agoHoosier is a good one, it would fit right into the "demonyms have some logic, sometimes, except for the ones that don't" conclusion. Kiwi (as an unofficial demonym for New Zealand) is another surprising omission.
- dannosowitz 9y agoauthor of the article here! i specifically left out hoosier because, well, it's TOO interesting. keep an eye out for a future article about it.
- the_watcher 9y agoLooking forward to it!
- WorldMaker 9y agoWith Buckeyes (Ohio) being a similarly strange demonym, but a bit less mysterious, as a Kentuckian my favorite simple explanation from Kentucky civics courses for the fact that both the Hoosier and Buckeye demonyms are so strange is that they both started as Kentucky insults that both northern neighbors were crazy enough to adopt as their own. :)