HowdidIndianagetitsnicknameas“TheHoosierState”?36____TherearemanydifferenttheoriesabouthowthewordHoosiercametobeandhowitcametohavesuchaconnectionwiththestateofIndiana.
Oneoftheearliestknownusesofthetermisfoundinan1827letterthatstates“Thereisatrickforyou—doneupbyaHoosier."37____AroundthistimeJohnFinleyofRichmondwroteapoemcalledTheHoosier'swhichwaswidelyread.
Hewrotethewordas“hoosher”anddidnotexplainitsmeaningwhichleadshistorianstobelievethatFinleyfelthisreaderswouldalreadyknowandunderstandtheword.Finleywrote“WithmenofeveryhueandfashionFlocktothisrising‘Hoosher’nation."
38____In1848Bartlett*sDictionaryofAmericanismsdefined“Hoosier”as“AnicknamegivenatthewesttonativesofIndiana."InJohnFinley'spoemtheword“Hoosher”seemstoreferlesstothepioneersofIndianaandmoretothequalitieshethoughttheypossessedlikeself-relianceandbravery.
39____SomepeoplethinkitwascreatedtolaughatIndian訌asaroughandbackward(落后的)place.
Othersthinkthatearlysettlersusedthetermwithpridetodescribethemselvesasacourageousgroup.Onehistorian.JacobPiattDunnevensuggestedthattheword“Hoosier”originallyreferredtoboatmenwholivedontheIndianashore.Wemayneverknowforsure.40____
A.Sowhatdoesthewordmean?
B.Theword“Hoosier”waswidelyusedbythe1830s.
C.Nooneseemstoknowhowtheword“Hoosier”cametobe.
D.AndhowdidpeoplefromIndianacometobecalled“Hoosiers”？
E.Otherearlyusesprovidesomeideasaboutthemeaningoftheword.
F.Howeverresearchanddebatearelikelytocontinueaboutthismysteriousword.
G.Sometheoriesandstoriesabouttheoriginoftheword“Hoosier”areknowntobefalse.
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