美国各州绰号的那些事 (2/2)

英语自学网

概述：在美国，每个州都有绰号，这些绰号来源背后的典故丰富多彩。
hints：
Indiana
"Hoosier State,"
"Who's zher?"
"Crossroads of America."
North Dakota
"The Flickertail State."
Missouri
"The Show-Me State."
"The Buckeye State,"
"The Sooner State,"
"The Keystone State,"
"The Blue Hen State."
文章在第54'处有一处连字符
校对：丸子龙
翻译：凌辰凉凉
注解：凌辰凉凉
答疑：xyfxyfxyf123
组长：xuanfeng630The midwestern state of Indiana is called the "Hoosier State," but nobody is quite sure why. One story is that pioneer settlers on the prairie were a little nervous opening their doors. "Who's zher?" they would say. No wonder the state legislature instead prefers to call Indiana the "Crossroads of America."
A couple more, quickly: The northern plains state of North Dakota is called "The Flickertail State." You'd probably guess that a flickertail is some pretty prairie bird. Nope. It's a feisty little ground squirrel.
And early residents of the midwestern state of Missouri were said to be so stubborn, so skeptical, that Missouri became, and is still called, "The Show-Me State."
No time to explain some other curious nicknames, such as "The Buckeye State,""The Sooner State,""The Keystone State" and "The Blue Hen State."
Trust us: no public-relations person came up with that "Blue Hen" one.美国中西部的印第安州被称为“山地人之州”，但是无人了解详情。有一种说法是，那些大草原上的先驱开辟者们有点胆小，不敢开门，他们会问“谁在外面？”。也难怪国家立法机构改称印第安纳州为“美国的十字路口”。
抓紧时间再说几个：美国北部平原国家北达科他州被称为“摇尾巴州”。你很可能会猜“摇尾巴”是种漂亮的草原鸟类。可惜不是，“摇尾巴”是指活跃吵闹的地松鼠。
另外，人们曾认为美国中西部的密苏里州的早期居民顽固多疑，因此密苏里州便被称为“索证之州”，这个昵称沿用至今。
这里就不一一解释其他古怪的昵称了，比如还有些名为“七叶树州”，“更早之州”“拱心石之州”“蓝母鸡州”之类的。
你要相信：可没有公关人员能想出“蓝母鸡州”的含义。