The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square262fedilinkarrow-up1959arrow-down129
arrow-up1930arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square262fedilink
minus-squareGingerlegs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-21 year agoI think you’re joking but the name comes from the migration of the incorporation of the states into the union. Not really geographically a reference Edit: geographically, not geologically
minus-squareOminousOrange@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoAs a Canadian, thank you for explaining. From the chart, I thought Americans in the middle states were just really bad with geography. (also you mean geographically, not geologically)
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoAs an American, I can confirm they are just bad with geography.
minus-squareThisfox@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAustralian checking in with “I had never been told that”. I just figured it was geographical like our “mid north coast” but evidently not.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThe US started as 13 colonies/states on the East coast. In the terminology, everything past that is “The West”, and this general area is the middle-ish part of that, so “Midwest”.
I think you’re joking but the name comes from the migration of the incorporation of the states into the union. Not really geographically a reference
Edit: geographically, not geologically
As a Canadian, thank you for explaining. From the chart, I thought Americans in the middle states were just really bad with geography.
(also you mean geographically, not geologically)
As an American, I can confirm they are just bad with geography.
Australian checking in with “I had never been told that”. I just figured it was geographical like our “mid north coast” but evidently not.
What does that mean?
The US started as 13 colonies/states on the East coast. In the terminology, everything past that is “The West”, and this general area is the middle-ish part of that, so “Midwest”.