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charonn0@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  English settlers arrived in the east. So wherever they were when they named an area, that was the original, and as they spread west, north or south, they had to add those directions to keep them distinct.

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• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Serious answer: we started at the eastern seaboard and expanded west. “East Statename” implies eastern expansion.

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• Nougat@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That's because the expansion of the US across the continent was westward.

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  • charonn0@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know. It just seemed funny that the other three directions are represented.

    If/when Puerto Rico becomes the 51st state, it should take the name East Puerto Rico, just to be fair.

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• bratosch@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are there any ‘West _____’ states? I know there are north and south

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  • charonn0@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Country roads take me home to the place I belong

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    West Virginia

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    • bratosch@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Huh, I always thought it was just called “Virginia”. TIL there are two Virginias Regards A Swede

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Which, funny enough, actually refers to >!the western region of the state of Virginia, not the state of West Virginia!<

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