| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
Joshua Putnam <josh@phred.org> wrote:
> In article <f1%xh.288616$fh6.188921@newsfe13.lga>,
> PeterGriffin@cox.net says...
>> Chicago is in the east?
Probably to most people in the United States, weatherman geography
sounds out of touch with reality.
> Though of course most people don't call it the east
With the exception of TV weatherpeople, hopefully most of us don't
use the term "midwest" when talking about Chicago's location.
Currently, apparently Merriam-Webster is calling Illinois "central"
United States.
> because standard U.S. vocabulary was set when there were 13 states
> and the rest of us were Territories.
Fortunately language isn't set in stone anymore. Language changes
continuously. The ability to adapt probably shows strength, and vice
versa.
Good luck and have fun.
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