Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down18
arrow-up1420arrow-down1external-linkVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years 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 Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agothe nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWhere is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoWestern Virginia doesn’t matter.
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.