I'm taking a poll.
Do you use the word "ignorant" on a daily basis?
YES / NO
Do you ever use in any of the following ways (circle all that apply)?
A. That's ignorant that she won't pick you up after work.
B. You listen to Rascal Flatts? That's ignorant.
C. Don't be ignorant. Behave inside this restaurant.
D. You are so hyperactive! Stop being ignorant!
Matt seems to think that this is a hoosier way of using the word, or to euphemize...a bit of Southern slang. I just saw someone on television from Joliet, Illinois, use it not once but twice. Granted, it was Adrianne Curry from My Fair Brady, but still. Joliet, folks.
YES / NO
Do you ever use in any of the following ways (circle all that apply)?
A. That's ignorant that she won't pick you up after work.
B. You listen to Rascal Flatts? That's ignorant.
C. Don't be ignorant. Behave inside this restaurant.
D. You are so hyperactive! Stop being ignorant!
Matt seems to think that this is a hoosier way of using the word, or to euphemize...a bit of Southern slang. I just saw someone on television from Joliet, Illinois, use it not once but twice. Granted, it was Adrianne Curry from My Fair Brady, but still. Joliet, folks.
posted by quank at 12:37 PM
7 Comments:
Ignant? I thought that was a black thing.
i realize that the way i am proposing to use this word in hypothetical situations is not by any means proper or correct. i am asking if anyone else uses this word in a relaxed manner, or as slang, if you will. my friends from southern illinois and i use it all the time to mean other things: dumb, crazy, rude, thoughtless, stupid, etc. i just wondered if it really was a southern illinois thing or not, since i also heard someone from northern illinois use it.
what is this ignant stuff about? never heard of that.
NO to all.
Its ignorant to classify Joliet as Northern Illinois.
Everyone knows that SoILL starts at I-80. While most of Joliet is admittedly North of I-80, Joliet is at best a border town. And my guess is that A. Curry is not from Joliet, rather from some trailer park just South of Joliet.
bd, that is racialist.
Ignanat.
No to all of the above as well.
And it is ignorant to use the word "Hoosier" to denote something as T. The word 'projection' comes to mind...not to anyone in particular, mind you, but to the state as a whole that uses the term so frequently.
it looks as if it might be debatable whether the good-natured use of the word "hoosier" or the negative connotation of the word "hoosier" came first.
i do use the word loosely, despite the fact that many things i do or say could be considered "hoosier." case in point: my use of the word ignorant in a "slang" way...i learned that today! i do not wear jorts though.
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/extra/hoosier.html
incase you don't want to read the whole thing, here are the first two paragraphs:
Like barnacles, a thick crust of speculation has gathered over the word "Hoosier" to explain the origin of Indiana's nickname. The popular theories, diligently and often sincerely advanced, form a rich, often amusing body of folklore. Those theories include: "Who's here?" as a question to unknown visitors or to the inhabitants of a country cabin; Hussar, from the fiery European mounted troops; "Huzzah!" proclaimed after victory in a fight; Husher, a brawny man, capable of stilling his opponents; Hoosa, an Indian word for corn; Hoose, an English term for a disease of cattle which gives the animals a wild sort of look; and the evergreen "Who's ear?" asked while toeing a torn-off ear lying on the bar room floor the morning after a brawl.
The best evidence, however, suggests that "Hoosier" was a term of contempt and opprobrium common in the upland South and used to denote a rustic, a bumpkin, a countryman, a roughneck, a hick or an awkward, uncouth or unskilled fellow. Although the word's derogatory meaning has faded, it can still be heard in its original sense, albeit less frequently than its cousins "Cracker" and "Redneck."
Yo, my comment probably came across a bit harsh...no ill will intended (even if the use of Hoosier in a derogatory way destroys my self-esteem).
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