contentbotB to Cool GuidesEnglish · 5 months agoA cool guide to nicknames of American and Canadian statesi.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoFun fact: calling Oklahoma citizens “Sooners” is actually a historical insult. They won’t take it that way in modern times, but it’s a reference to the fact that during the land rush, they behaved illegally and left to go stake land “too soon”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners
Fun fact: calling Oklahoma citizens “Sooners” is actually a historical insult. They won’t take it that way in modern times, but it’s a reference to the fact that during the land rush, they behaved illegally and left to go stake land “too soon”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners