Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agoVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down17
arrow-up1313arrow-down1imageVirginia is shrinking!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoI still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 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 Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThat really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.
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.