<< I think Merriam has correspondence on Hoosier, replying to an objection raised some years back by Dan Quayle re the etymology they gave. >> There's a 3-page entry for "Hoosier" in that book I keep citing, Paul Dickson's _Labels for Locals_ (Merriam-Webster, 1997). It has the whole Dan Quayle/Hoosier story. - Allan Metcalf