From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!rjs Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re: Etymology of "hoosier" Article-I.D.: floyd.285 Posted: Fri Jun 18 12:16:03 1982 Received: Tue Jun 22 01:50:13 1982 References: ihps3.271 The way I understand it, the term "hoosier" comes from the phrase "Hey kid, who's yer father?"