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Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 1 年前

Map of USA demonyms, did you know all of them?

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Map of USA demonyms, did you know all of them?

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Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 1 年前
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Source: https://vividmaps.com/denomonyms-america/

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    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

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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      the second one

      there’s a pie shop near me called “Hoosier Mama”

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        Didn’t they also sell women’s legwear and the shop is actually called “Hoosier Mama’s Hosiery”

        • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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          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”

          • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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            They hosted a Christmas celebration in 1987 they called …

            “Hoosier Mama’s Wholesale Hosier Supplier for Hoes Holiday Hoedown for Whores"

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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      Who shur is closer. Though some pronounce it more with a z sound instead of an s.

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        More like a French “j,” as is “joie de vivre”

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          Yeah that’s more accurate

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