"West"

[dave_littler]

I’ve long been aware of certain irregularities with regards to the things which people call places, and it has long bothered me

Comments

[deathslullaby]

I live in the Midwest and am equally baffled by it's naming.
Also, you're pizza sounds awesome. Mmm, feta. =D

[dave_littler]

It pleases me to hear a voice from that wilderness which supports my bafflement.

And while your assessment of my Spite Pizza is a solid one, I would like to do you the favour of pointing out that it's spelled "your" in the sense that you're using it; "you're" is always an abbreviation of "you are", and is never possessive.

The more you know!

[deathslullaby]

Blah. I'm watching little ones and it's early for me. Thank you for the correction.

And I envisioned the little star flying above my head, theme music and all.

[oflittlefaith]

You are not alone.

[verysmallcat]

you think Midwest is silly? the same region used to be called the Northwest (back when western culture stopped at the Rocky Mountains.) "Old" was eventually added on to differentiate it from the "new" or Pacific Northwest, which in reality isn't all that northwest when compared to, say, Alaska, which is apparently special because it doesn't have a geographic term to describe it like "Way Far Out Northwest," "God Damn It's Fucking Cold Northwest," or "You Can See Russian From Here Northwest." it's just "Alaska." stuck up prigs.

[verysmallcat]

i should append that as "American western culture stopped at the Rocky Mountains" as i'm well aware that Canadians were far less geographically insular and they not only knew there were vast lands beyond the mountains, they were taking advantage of it.

[astareal]

People tend to be very egocentric about where places are in relation to where they live. For example I've called your homeland the Pacific NW, because to me you are an extension of the Oregon/Washington area. No, I don't think of you as part of the US; rather, you are further up the same coast, and you are NW of me. (Very slightly north, I know

[morgian_le_faye]

Midwesterner here. I was about to mention that it was labeled the midwest at a time when these states or territories were actually in the "midwest" of the country, but astareal already beat me to it with sources.

[astareal]

If you count wikipedia as a source! (I've seen people kicked out of college classes for citing it in papers.) =D

[morgian_le_faye]

This is true. Wikipedia is not a credible source, but it is a jumping point. Now that you've given the information, if anyone wants to find more about it, they have more focused questions to ask. Furthur research will tell them whether it's right or wrong. The way my professors explained it to me: One may use Wikipedia at the very beginning of their research to find basic information and get ideas. However, one should never use information found solely on Wikipedia, and under no circumstances should one every cite Wikipedia.