▲ 843 ▼ Roots of Mother Appalachia (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago* by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.cntraveler.com/story/appalachian-mountains-may-have-once-been-as-tall-as-the-himalayas
[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago (3 children) Never thought about the song that way... Wow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) LOVE this song, got it in a couple of lists. Never understood that lyric. Mr. Denver was ahead of us all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) He was also singing about Western Virginia, and not West Virginia because the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge mountains are both in Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I mean... as someone who (many moons ago) won a golden horseshoe for my knowledge of WV: both of those geographic features are also partially located in West Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) LOVE this song, got it in a couple of lists. Never understood that lyric. Mr. Denver was ahead of us all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) He was also singing about Western Virginia, and not West Virginia because the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge mountains are both in Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I mean... as someone who (many moons ago) won a golden horseshoe for my knowledge of WV: both of those geographic features are also partially located in West Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) He was also singing about Western Virginia, and not West Virginia because the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge mountains are both in Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I mean... as someone who (many moons ago) won a golden horseshoe for my knowledge of WV: both of those geographic features are also partially located in West Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I mean... as someone who (many moons ago) won a golden horseshoe for my knowledge of WV: both of those geographic features are also partially located in West Virginia. permalink fedilink source parent
