I live in Indiana, midwestern US. We are called Hoosiers. Don't ask me why!
Here are a couple of "stories" about how the term Hoosier could have come about:
One idea suggests the term was a greeting. When approaching a man's home in early frontier days, one shouted from afar, "Hello, the cabin!" to avoid being shot. The inhabitants would then shout back "Who'sh 'ere?" (who's here). Soon the words became slurred together, and the country folk came to be called Hoosiers.
Many Indiana social studies teachers tell a story of two French men that had migrated to Indiana in the 1800s. They were in an old-time tavern somewhere in the foothills of southern Indiana. A fight broke out between the two, which led to one of the men getting an ear cut off. The story says that a third French man walked in to see an ear on the dirt floor of the tavern and shouted "Who'sh ear?"
oh, and I always thought the term came from a businessman in Louisville named Samuel Hoosier that preferred to hire people from Indiana because they were better workers, and people started referring to the workers from Indiana as "Hoosier's men" and eventually just "Hoosiers"
@jsw0109 , there is also a story about a preacher who had the last name Hoosier. i did a search and it said the origin is unknown, but it told lots of different stories. i just chose two of them:)
@lisjam1 from the research I did on it years ago, all those folklore style stores (like the one "who's ear?" which has many versions of its own) are definitely not the origin. There are a few plausible theories. The one generally accepted as the most plausible is the one about Samuel Hoosier (because he DID exist, and he DID hire people from Indiana, and those people WERE referred to as Hoosier's men)... the preacher one though... I forget the first name, but last name Hoosier, that one has been debunked by historians.
Great brickwork and angle of this shot.
Love the composition, Paula.