contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide to nicknames of American and Canadian statesi.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkA cool guide to nicknames of American and Canadian statesi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoFun fact: calling Oklahoma citizens “Sooners” is actually a historical insult. They won’t take it that way in modern times, but it’s a reference to the fact that during the land rush, they behaved illegally and left to go stake land “too soon”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners
Fun fact: calling Oklahoma citizens “Sooners” is actually a historical insult. They won’t take it that way in modern times, but it’s a reference to the fact that during the land rush, they behaved illegally and left to go stake land “too soon”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners