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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: carty1 on June 10, 2012, 05:21:35 pm
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Is there any from Ohio? OHIO :bootyshake:
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TEXAS :dog:
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Hello, Texas what's the weather like there? In Ohio it's 89 degrees.
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I'm in Utah.
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Las Vegas, Nevada here
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I'm in Southern Utah and it's been warm enough for me. :heart:
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Deep in the
heart of Texas.
Jealous of the Utahns in here! I miss Utah. :(
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I am in the GREAT state of Michigan... Had a beautiful weekend!!!
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Wisconsin
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Arizona
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I'm currently in Arkansas but in the process of relocating back to Texas.
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Is there any from Ohio? OHIO :bootyshake:
I also am from Ohio.
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Florida
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Pennsylvania
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Flooded Florida! :BangHead:
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North Carolina
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I live in Northeastern KY on the Ohio River close to where KY, OH & WV meet.
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ARKANSAS
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I'm another one from way out here in Southwestern PA. Hello to all you out there. :cat:
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Is there any from Ohio? OHIO :bootyshake:
i am from the state of Georgia in the good old south.
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Hello from the Northwest, I live in Oregon.
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I am from oklahoma and the degree have been very hot here
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California.. Nice weather
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:wave: North Dakota!!! Today is cloudy!!!
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I am in Lousiaiana.
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im in north carolina and it is cloudy and very dreary outside. i wish it would rain or clear up... :bs:
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north carolina, would like to say my prayers to all those with the huge fires going on now, and to the southern states that are flooding,
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Add another one from Texas as I am living the the DFW (Dallas - Ft. Worth) part of north Texas.
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north carolina, would like to say my prayers to all those with the huge fires going on now, and to the southern states that are flooding,
Magical intercessory rituals, ("prayers"), don't stop fires; firefighters do. Flooding has been previously attributed to some hypothetical supernatural 'egregore;, (deity), so it's ironic to beg the same egregore to alleviate more flooding.
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South Dakota - lots of sunshine and wind today :wave:
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i am a hoosier and after all this time, i dont know how they came up with that nickname
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Sweet Home Alabama
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California :wave:
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I'm from OHIO!!! :)
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Colorado!
But moving to Texas in a month or so!
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;) I AM PROUD TO BE BORN AND RAISED IN NORTH CAROLINA...GO TARHELS, GO DUKE :wave:
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Southeastern Kentucky :wave:
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Maryland
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Very Northern part of KY, but Ohio river is just about a minute away. Have also lived in MD, VA, and IN.
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My state is the Keystone State. Can you guess what state that is? Just in case you don't know that's good ol' Pennyslvania. I love Pennsylvania and it's a beautiful place to live, some of our nations best is here. Do an internet search and you can see some of the coolest things are in this state. My favorite is Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. :) :) :)
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ohio :cat:
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I live in Virginia. It is blistering hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter. But it's a beautiful state and has a lot to do and see. I like it here. I would only leave Virginia behind if I were moving to Florida. ;D
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I live in Misery. Oh, I mean Missouri. :) Used to live in St. Louis where there was so much to do and see, like the Gateway Arch, the zoo, and numerous museums and other stuff. Now, I live in the middle of the state with not much to see or do here. :(
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Not me I live in North Dakota!
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ky
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South Carolina
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Oregon here getting ready for another beautiful day :)
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i am a hoosier and after all this time, i dont know how they came up with that nickname
I, also, was curious as to what a Hoosier was, so this is what I found out:
What is a Hoosier?
How did Indiana get its nickname as “The Hoosier State”? And how did people from Indiana come to be called “Hoosiers”? There are many different theories about how the word Hoosier came to be and how it came to have such a connection with the state of Indiana.
One of the earliest known uses of the term is found in an 1827 letter that states, “There is a yankee trick for you – done up by a Hoosier.” Other early uses provide some clues about the meaning of the word. In 1831, Gen. John Tipton received a proposal from a businessman offering to name his boat the “Indiana Hoosier” if Tipton would give him business in the area. Sarah Harvey, a Quaker from Richmond, explained in an 1835 letter to her relatives, “old settlers in Indiana are called ‘Hooshers’ and the cabins they first live in ‘Hoosher nests’ . . .”
The word “Hoosier” was widely used by the 1830s. Around this time, John Finley of Richmond wrote a poem called The Hoosier’s Nest, which was widely read. He wrote the word as “hoosher” and did not explain its meaning, which leads historians to believe that Finley felt his readers would already know and understand the word. Finley wrote, “With men of every hue and fashion, Flock to this rising ‘Hoosher’ nation.”
So, what does the word mean? In 1848, Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms defined “Hoosier” as “A nickname given at the west, to natives of Indiana.” In John Finley’s poem, the word “Hoosher” seems to refer less to the pioneers of Indiana and more to the qualities he thought they possessed, like self-reliance and bravery.
No one seems to know how the word “Hoosier” came to be. Some people think it was meant to mock Indiana as a rough, backwoods and backwards place. Others think that early settlers used the term with pride to describe themselves as a hearty, courageous group. One historian, Jacob Piatt Dunn, even suggested that the word “Hoosier” originally referred to boatmen who lived on the Indiana shore. We may never know for sure, but research and debate are likely to continue about this mysterious word.
The following theories and stories about the origin of the word “Hoosier” are known to be false:
It comes from the word Hoosa, which means American Indian maize or corn.
Hoosier’s Men was a term used for Indiana employees of a canal contractor named Hoosier.
“Who’s ear?” – Writer James Whitcomb Riley joked that this question, supposedly posed by early Indiana settlers following tavern fights which had resulted in someone’s ear being cut off and left on the floor, eventually became the word “Hoosier."
“Who’s yer/here?” – This was supposedly the way early Indiana settlers would respond to a knock on their cabin doors. The story goes that it was eventually shortened to “Hoosier?”
“Who’s your [relative]?” – Again, legend has it that this question was eventually shortened to “Hoosier?”
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I am in the state of Georgia (Atlanta)
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Colorado! Moved back here from South Carolina almost 3 years ago.
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Pennsylvania
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ohio
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Alabama ROLL TIDE
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I'm also from North Carolina; looks like there are 4 or 5 of us from this state.
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Missouri (not Missour-a)
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Is there any from Ohio? OHIO
I also am from Ohio.
I am also from ohio. lol
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Mississippi :icon_rr:
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Uh um :dontknow: Texas, ya thats it.
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Wallace, NC (in Duplin County--- about 30mins away from Wilmington)
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North Dakota here. I did see another one from nd.
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I'm from Lousisana.
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Southern California...........a suburb of Los Angeles
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I live in NJ :cat:.
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Moved from Iowa to Minnesota about 5 years ago..
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The greatest state in the country. New York City. Nice!!!
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I live in Shelbyville, Tennessee. This is where I was born. I have also lived in SC, ILL., Ohio, Maryland, NY, NJ, Georgia, and Texas. We were living in Grand Prairie, Texas when Kennedy was shot and killed. That is between Ft. Worth and Dallas. But Tennessee is my home state. Shelbyville is the Tennessee walking horse capital of the world. We have people come from all over the US when the horse show come to town. Hope everyone has a good day and may God bless each of you and keep you safe.
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I am from Pennsylvania and I am proud of it.
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Michigan
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California!