Ken, now for a true definition for Hoosier. No one knows for sure where it originated from, but tale has it that it came from early settlers who answered a knock on there log cabin door "who's yar" . This is the absolute truth!!! My grade school teacher told us that that is how it came about. I also just checked in the World book encyclopedia and it has a very similar story on it's origin Jon Meyer 39/1 ([log in to unmask]) another Hoosier