terms (not only) for CA

[Bob Fitzke]

KLON, an LA area jazz station I listen to regularly in East Lansing, via
cable, regularly refers to the "inland empire" when doing traffic and
weather. I've been curious about the phrase but assumed it was a
specific place name.

Bob

Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>
> Being from Seattle, I'll have to test that expression out. I've never heard
> it, but it is useful. (For this side of the mountains, I like the term
> Cascadia.)
>
> Benjamin Barrett
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On
> >
> > To a Northwesterner, "Inland Empire" means the part of the Pacific
> > Northwest that lies east of the Cascade Range--i.e., central and eastern
> > Oregon and Washington, and all of Idaho.  At least it used to
> > mean that.  I
> > haven't heard it in awhile.  This is the first I've heard of the
> > term being
> > used to describe a part of California.
> >
> > Peter Mc.