Flying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 months agoVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down18
arrow-up1424arrow-down1imageVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldFlying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareColonel PaniclinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoI still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoHistorical context makes it even weirder. The split was because WV allied with the North in the Civil War, North Virginia makes infinitely more sense in more ways than one.
minus-squareColonel PaniclinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoThat really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agothe nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
minus-squareColonel PaniclinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoWhere is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
I still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
Historical context makes it even weirder. The split was because WV allied with the North in the Civil War, North Virginia makes infinitely more sense in more ways than one.
That really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.
the nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
Where is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
Western Virginia doesn’t matter.