The Picard Maneuver to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1813arrow-down122
arrow-up1791arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square218fedilink
minus-squareR0cket_M00selinkfedilinkEnglish23•2 years agoStill blows my mind that Midwest apparently means “slightly not easy coast.” Like in my mind it would be Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah. That kind of area. Considering it’s midway through the west half of the country.
minus-square@SnipingNinja@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink1•2 years agoIt’s probably named by the people who named middle East, like it’s the west of the eastern Nations but they named it coz it was in the middle of their way to the east
minus-square@QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•edit-22 years agoIn my mind, the midwest is west of the Mississippi and through the plains. Colorado starts the traditional west with Texas being the exception.
Still blows my mind that Midwest apparently means “slightly not easy coast.”
Like in my mind it would be Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah. That kind of area. Considering it’s midway through the west half of the country.
It’s probably named by the people who named middle East, like it’s the west of the eastern Nations but they named it coz it was in the middle of their way to the east
So it should just be mid?
Definitely is.
In my mind, the midwest is west of the Mississippi and through the plains. Colorado starts the traditional west with Texas being the exception.