hoosierisms

Before you start losing your religon, just for the record, I am a hoosier. (THERE, I said it. I'm out of the closet!)

While most of our peers around the globe do a decent job handling two languages I don't think it too much that we can at least major in ONE.

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"idn it" (isn't it) As in, "Idn it a nice day for a root canal?"

"sp'ose" (suppose) As in: "Honey, do you want to cut out the mudvein?" "Yup. I spose."

"Palm & calm" --- I have mispronounced these words most of my life! The "l" is silent in each.

(Thanks to close friend, Scot Hamilton, for straightening me out!)

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You "wash" your clothes (hopefully), you don't "worsh" them. And yes that is WASH-ington St.

This one's a little rare, but it's out there: Some hoosiers see a chRi-Wo-prac-tor instead of a
chi-Ro-prac-tor for their bad back.

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" f l us-trated" Now come on! You're either f r us-trated or you're f l us-tered and ne'er the twane shall meet. If you are "flustrated" you're ...well... apparently frustrating me...

Think of this equation: "real estate" = "real" + "estate"; not "reale" + "state."

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Good friend, Mark McMain ("Quisp") asks how to pronounce the name of recording artist, Sade --- most known for her timeless '80s hit: Smooth Operator. Does it rhyme with "raw day" or "car day" ?

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"Yup. We're gonna put them daffodils right in the 'sinner' of the sanctuary."

Please be so kind as to clarify if you're speaking to the condition of one's soul or a spatial relationship. And speaking of "spatial"...

Let's just agree to never refer to people who ride the "short bus" (or any other 'special' person, place or thing) as "spatial."

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For the record, these words do not, in fact, rhyme. Color rhymes with duller and collar rhymes with
dollar. If you like that "collar," you must be speaking of something button-down, tab, or banded at the top of one's shirt. If you like the "collar" and you're referring to something red, blue, or periwinkle, you've missed the grammatical boat.

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If a point is dead, it is "moot." Rhymes with "boot" and the "mu" sound is pronounced a-la "move." (it's "moot" not "myoot")

If someone does not have the physical capacity to speak, he/she is "mute." Rhymes with "cute" and the "mu" sound is pronoued like "amuse."

So the next time you hear someone say, "It's a mute point." Be sure to help a brutha or sista out.

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If something really sucks, it could "wreak havoc" on your life. "Wreak" rhymes with "speak."

People oft incorrectly pronounce it a-la "wreck havoc." (rhymes with "deck") And of course to "reek havoc" would be bad-smelling havoc.

For the record, "reck" is a word (rhymes with "deck") meaning "to have concern for" or to "take heed".

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"Regardless of what one hears in Kokomo, "irregardless" is not correct. Simply say,

"Regardless of what anyone else thinks, I'm starting a 'save the skeets' campaign."

"Irregardless" is redundent. "Less" at the end makes it negative, adding "ir" makes it more so. Something like, "Without-without-regard."

Mr. Webster says, "A nonstandard or humorus usage." Wow, even lexicographers find us Hoosiers amusing!

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Please don't hang the pitcher on the wall--instead put a picture on the wall and fill the pitcher with your favorite beverage.

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	<<< back Hooserisms Before you start losing your religon, just for the record, I am a hoosier. (THERE, I said it. I'm out of the closet!) While most of our peers around the globe do a decent job handling two languages I don't think it too much that we can at least major in ONE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Here are some of my own hoosier pronunciations: "idn it" (isn't it) As in, "Idn it a nice day for a root canal?" "sp'ose" (suppose) As in: "Honey, do you want to cut out the mudvein?" "Yup. I spose." "Palm & calm" --- I have mispronounced these words most of my life! The "l" is silent in each. They are pronounced "pom" & "com." (Thanks to close friend, Scot Hamilton, for straightening me out!) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ You "wash" your clothes (hopefully), you don't "worsh" them. And yes that is WASH-ington St. IIt's "sup-po-sED-ly". NOT "sup-po-sUBly" This one's a little rare, but it's out there: Some hoosiers see a chRi-Wo-prac-tor instead of a chi-Ro-prac-tor for their bad back. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ " f l us-trated" Now come on! You're either f r us-trated or you're f l us-tered and ne'er the twane shall meet. If you are "flustrated" you're ...well... apparently frustrating me... "Realtor" --- has only TWO syllables. It is NOT "real-E-tor"! It rhymes with "steal door", not "steal the door." Think of this equation: "real estate" = "real" + "estate"; not "reale" + "state." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (not exactly hoosierism but...) By request... "Sade" Good friend, Mark McMain ("Quisp") asks how to pronounce the name of recording artist, Sade --- most known for her timeless '80s hit: Smooth Operator. Does it rhyme with "raw day" or "car day" ? It's pronounced 'shar-day." more on Sade ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ apparently the "T" is silent... Is it "sinner" or "center"?! As in: "Vern, y'all gonna have decorations fer church this week?" "Yup. We're gonna put them daffodils right in the 'sinner' of the sanctuary." Please be so kind as to clarify if you're speaking to the condition of one's soul or a spatial relationship. And speaking of "spatial"... Let's just agree to never refer to people who ride the "short bus" (or any other 'special' person, place or thing) as "spatial." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ What's the "color" of your "collar"? For the record, these words do not, in fact, rhyme. Color rhymes with duller and collar rhymes with dollar. If you like that "collar," you must be speaking of something button-down, tab, or banded at the top of one's shirt. If you like the "collar" and you're referring to something red, blue, or periwinkle, you've missed the grammatical boat. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The worthless point isn't incapable of speaking... "moot" and "mute" If a point is dead, it is "moot." Rhymes with "boot" and the "mu" sound is pronounced a-la "move." (it's "moot" not "myoot") If someone does not have the physical capacity to speak, he/she is "mute." Rhymes with "cute" and the "mu" sound is pronoued like "amuse." So the next time you hear someone say, "It's a mute point." Be sure to help a brutha or sista out. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Let's not "wreak havoc" on the English language If something really sucks, it could "wreak havoc" on your life. "Wreak" rhymes with "speak." People oft incorrectly pronounce it a-la "wreck havoc." (rhymes with "deck") And of course to "reek havoc" would be bad-smelling havoc. For the record, "reck" is a word (rhymes with "deck") meaning "to have concern for" or to "take heed". ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Without warmest "regards" "Regardless of what one hears in Kokomo, "irregardless" is not correct. Simply say, "Regardless of what anyone else thinks, I'm starting a 'save the skeets' campaign." "Irregardless" is redundent. "Less" at the end makes it negative, adding "ir" makes it more so. Something like, "Without-without-regard." Mr. Webster says, "A nonstandard or humorus usage." Wow, even lexicographers find us Hoosiers amusing! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please don't hang the pitcher on the wall--instead put a picture on the wall and fill the pitcher with your favorite beverage. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~