The problem with Iowa and Missouri, is that you must keep their pronunciation straight, depending upon which state you're in. If you are in Missouri, then it's Missou-ree and Io-wah. If you're in Iowa, then it's Missou-rah and Io-way.
Part of the confusion comes from the original Native American pronunciations, which would be Missou-ree and Io-way, with long vowels on the end.
Well to my (very vague at US geography and cultural regions) mind everything is pretty much classed as "North Eastern", "South/Mid West", "California" and "Other"...
Then again I do much the same with the UK and "South West", "Wales/Scotland", "London" and "North".
The only thing in the US that's really 'east' is the eastern seaboard (ie all the states with a seashore on the right hand side). Anything south of the Ohio river counts as 'southern', hence I'm southern as the Ohio river forms the top border of the state of Kentucky.
Northern = Wisconsin and suchlike.
All the rest is the midwest or the west. Iowa is 'midwest'. Kentucky is 'southern'. Michigan is north-eastern (lived downriver of Detroit for 4 years before I moved here).
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lol @ Xfiles. Iowa? Hardly southern!
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Part of the confusion comes from the original Native American pronunciations, which would be Missou-ree and Io-way, with long vowels on the end.
*mind boggles*
And no, not 'southron' in the least. XD
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Then again I do much the same with the UK and "South West", "Wales/Scotland", "London" and "North".
Geography evidently isn't my strong point!
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Northern = Wisconsin and suchlike.
All the rest is the midwest or the west. Iowa is 'midwest'. Kentucky is 'southern'. Michigan is north-eastern (lived downriver of Detroit for 4 years before I moved here).
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