30 Oct. 2010
Indiana, the state I was born, the state I grew up in, the state most of my family lives, and the state that isn’t well known for much…
To people in the states, Indiana is known for cornfields (but so is Iowa), for Gary, Indiana, and for Kari here, the Indianapolis Colts. People in the states have mostly heard of Purude, but they don’t always realize it’s in Indiana.
To people in New Zealand and other western countries I have been to, Indiana is associated with first, Indiana Jones, and secondly, the Indy 500.
To people in Mozambique, when I say I am from Indiana, they first think India… but then they look at my bright white skin and golden blonde hair (well, they don’t always see the hair) and realize something here is lost in translation… And to make it extra confusing, I tell people I have lived and worked in India, so then they try to put all this together in their heads. (In Portuguese, the word for a person from India is Indiana…go figure).
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