It's pronounced "Eye-owe-wah"

People politely ask me where I am from in the states. My range of answers include;

• Iowa
• the Midwest
• the Center
• West of Chicago
• Near Chicago
• 5 hours West of Chicago
• The Middle
• Cedar Rapids

No one knows WHERE or WHAT Iowa is.. they pretend to know, but I can see the confusion in their eyes. They act annoyed and say.. "I'm not stupid, just tell me what STATE it's in!"

Why Iowa?

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