Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · edit-25 days agoMap of USA demonyms, did you know all of them?vividmaps.comimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1imageMap of USA demonyms, did you know all of them?vividmaps.comBlaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoHoosier here. I have no explanation.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days 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-up15·5 days agothe second one there’s a pie shop near me called “Hoosier Mama”
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoDidn’t they also sell women’s legwear and the shop is actually called “Hoosier Mama’s Hosiery”
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days 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-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days 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-up6·5 days agoWho shur is closer. Though some pronounce it more with a z sound instead of an s.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoMore like a French “j,” as is “joie de vivre”
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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