I know you're out there! I'm bored and lonely.

EchoTheBat said:
Where are all the indiana furries?

They're in Indiana!

I live within a couple hours of Indiana, if that counts. Not sure what I could do about your boredom, though. ^_^''

Native American Indian, or from India Indians?

EchoTheBat said:
I know you're out there! I'm bored and lonely.

Did you mean this ?

Halite said:
Native American Indian, or from India Indians?

Indiana is a state. O.o

Random said:
Indiana is a state. O.o

I thought it was about Native American Indians for a minute, too.

Maybe because those are callled "Indianer" in my mother tongue ;-)

D4rk said:
I thought it was about Native American Indians for a minute, too.

Maybe because those are callled "Indianer" in my mother tongue ;-)

We call it "Indianer" too but we're just rednecks. :(

Rusteee said:
We call it "Indianer" too but we're just rednecks. :(

Heh, accents.

Did you know that American Indians weren't named so because early Europeans thought they'd landed in India? That's because India didn't exist back then (in the late 1400s).

It wasn't until the 20th century when the subcontinent gained independence from the British Empire that it became known as India, although the name had been used for some time beforehand. Before independence, it was generally known as British Hindustan and, before the British Empire unified the area, was a bunch of neighboring kingdoms.

"Indian" comes from the word Indies, another name for all those island strung out between Southeast Asia and Australia. When the New World was discovered by Europeans, the name was applied to the Bahamas and the islands of the Caribbean from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, becoming the West Indies. (The "old" Indies thus became the East Indies.) So, the people of the (West) Indies were called Indians, which later got applied to any natives of South and North America. Indiana is, of course, derived from Indian.

Clawstripe said:
Did you know that American Indians weren't named so because early Europeans thought they'd landed in India? That's because India didn't exist back then (in the late 1400s).

It wasn't until the 20th century when the subcontinent gained independence from the British Empire that it became known as India, although the name had been used for some time beforehand. Before independence, it was generally known as British Hindustan and, before the British Empire unified the area, was a bunch of neighboring kingdoms.

"Indian" comes from the word Indies, another name for all those island strung out between Southeast Asia and Australia. When the New World was discovered by Europeans, the name was applied to the Bahamas and the islands of the Caribbean from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, becoming the West Indies. (The "old" Indies thus became the East Indies.) So, the people of the (West) Indies were called Indians, which later got applied to any natives of South and North America. Indiana is, of course, derived from Indian.

Your history knowledge enhappys me.