Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · edit-21 month agoMap of USA demonyms, did you know all of them?vividmaps.comimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1181arrow-down1imageMap of USA demonyms, did you know all of them?vividmaps.comBlaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoHoosier here. I have no explanation.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoA 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
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agothe second one there’s a pie shop near me called “Hoosier Mama”
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoDidn’t they also sell women’s legwear and the shop is actually called “Hoosier Mama’s Hosiery”
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI’m remembering wrong, they were a major supplier for the escort fashion industry based in Indiana … “Hoosier Mama’s Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes”
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey hosted a Christmas celebration in 1987 they called … “Hoosier Mama’s Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes Holiday Hoedown for Whores"
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoWho shur is closer. Though some pronounce it more with a z sound instead of an s.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoMore like a French “j,” as is “joie de vivre”
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah that’s more accurate
Hoosier here. I have no explanation.
A question I wondered about is … how do you pronounce it?
or some other way I don’t know about?
btw, nice to meet a Hoosier
the second one
there’s a pie shop near me called “Hoosier Mama”
Didn’t they also sell women’s legwear and the shop is actually called “Hoosier Mama’s Hosiery”
I’m remembering wrong, they were a major supplier for the escort fashion industry based in Indiana …
“Hoosier Mama’s Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes”
They hosted a Christmas celebration in 1987 they called …
“Hoosier Mama’s Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes Holiday Hoedown for Whores"
Who shur is closer. Though some pronounce it more with a z sound instead of an s.
More like a French “j,” as is “joie de vivre”
Yeah that’s more accurate