In article <ovadncqiWfGoeyPanZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@rcn.net>, singhals <singhals@erols.com> writes: > Robert Grumbine wrote: > >> In article <HOOdnYzewLt2yiXanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@rcn.net>, >> singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>>Mid-West. To me, Midwest is everything between the >>>Alleghany Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. I've heard >>>other definitions from people born in some of those states >>>-- Texas in particular disapproves of it. (g) >> >> >> Likewise us non-Texans :-) >> >> One definition of some historical relevance is that the >> midwest is the states composed wholly or in part of the >> old Northwest Territory -- Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, >> Wisconsin, and Minnesota. >> > > > It is simply easier and more diplomatic for me to be > all-inclusive. "Mid west" means something to the speaker and > ALWAYS includes something between the mountains. More than > that, one has to inquire of the speaker. > > I could be flip here with an example, but I won't. > > Cheryl Oh, go ahead! Why should _you_ be different? (My part of Texas is closer to California than to Houston. What does that make us here?) -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it. -- Henry Ford