The Miami Herald | 05/12/2002 | The high cost of changing Panhandle's name

Marketing types want to change the name of Florida's Panhandle region to the "Great Northwest". Which (a) sounds like a collegiate sports conference, and (b) also sounds like Oregon and Washington, or possibly even Canada.

Heck, they must really hate what we call the area -- especially Panama City and Pensacola -- around here: "Lower Alabama". Culturally, it's basically part of 'Bama anyway, you know.