m3t00🌎 voted@midwest.social to Ask the Midwest@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-21 year agodo you live in the midwest?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkdo you live in the midwest?lemmy.worldm3t00🌎 voted@midwest.social to Ask the Midwest@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareI'm A Different Bird@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou have to keep in mind that the US started on the east coast and then expanded west. A lot of the terminology we use goes back to those days, where everything west of the original colonies was “The West”.
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAh, it does make sense when you put it that way.
minus-squarepotterpocketslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSimilar to how the “Middle East” and “Far East” are from a European-centric persecutive.
You have to keep in mind that the US started on the east coast and then expanded west. A lot of the terminology we use goes back to those days, where everything west of the original colonies was “The West”.
Ah, it does make sense when you put it that way.
Similar to how the “Middle East” and “Far East” are from a European-centric persecutive.