Interesting Words

So these are some words that I find particularly interesting. I'm sure there will be more at some point - I'll add a Part II if I think of more. Until then, here they are:

Flintstone - as in The Flintstones...Barney and Rubble. I guess I used to think it was Flinstones, but it certainly makes WAY more sense if you consider the show that it would be called Flintstones. Like flint...as in a kind of rock. Flint, steel, fire. Yeah, I'm sure that everyone knew this already.

Texarkana - So this was something that I realized while I was on a road trip and we drove through a city called "Kanorado" (cleverly named for it's location on the border of Kansas and Colorado). It was at this moment that I realized that Texarkana was named that way for a reason. Yeah, this was a few years ago :) I still have yet to figure out the relationship between Kansas and Arkansas.

Windshield - I get the shield part, but is it really just for wind? I guess it would be too long of a name if you tried to throw in Wind, Rain, Rocks, Debris-Shield.

Recreation - So this was something I had never thought about until a few days ago. So often we abbreviate this word by saying "rec" but I had never thought about breaking the word up as re-creation. That idea of a "recreation" center makes so much more sense! Now if I could only make it there to recreate myself...that's a whole different story.

Horsepower - So I understand the concept of this...the idea that it would take 300 horses to have the same amount of power...blah blah. I get that. But it seems like a gross generalization to me. There are so many different horses, each with different strength capabilities. Even trying to take an average of them seems nearly impossible.

Midwest - I've lived in two different states that are considered "Midwest." Iowa and Indiana. They are also a state away from each other, but still presumably in the same area. Neither of them, to me, is "Mid" or "West." In fact, Indiana is pretty East to me. Iowa is more Central than anything else. Either way. Just seems odd to me. I was also told that there is a city in Indiana that people call "the South." I don't think they could even imagine what The South is.