Weirdest one is people from Indiana are called ‘Hoosiers’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier
Most awkward one is Connecticuter … it sounds more like a profession than in describing where someone comes from.
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)
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.
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).
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
Who shur is closer. Though some pronounce it more with a z sound instead of an s.
