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04-01-2007, 05:34 PM
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What is a Hoosier???
I know what an okie is, but what is a hoosier???
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04-01-2007, 06:08 PM
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04-01-2007, 06:09 PM
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as I understand it the name originated with a big bang on someone's cabin door and the owner yelled out "Whooossee der?" that was converted to Hoosier.
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04-01-2007, 08:30 PM
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Vitameatavegamin! It's so tasty too!!
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Location: Land of 36 Area Codes
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So it's not what you call someone who manufactures hosiery?
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04-01-2007, 09:49 PM
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"So it's not what you call someone who manufactures hosiery?"
Nope
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04-02-2007, 06:55 AM
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Discopants and Haircuts
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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A few years back, the IU alumni association asked their alumni to write a concise definition of what a Hoosier is. This is what I submitted:
Me
I won a copy of Hoosiers for that concise answer. And I was living in Chicago at the time.
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04-02-2007, 11:06 AM
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A Hooshier is basically anyone who lives in Indiana.
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04-02-2007, 11:40 AM
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Discopants and Haircuts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RabidFox
A Hooshier is basically anyone who lives in Indiana.
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Or a graduate of Indiana University.
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04-02-2007, 02:00 PM
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I have discovered that you have to be someone mighty special to be a genuine 'Whoose Der' Hoosier, that's all I have to say.
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04-16-2007, 11:41 AM
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or a looser!
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