Whenever I travel out of state, people always figure out quickly I am from the midwest. By accent, behavior, something I said, etc. I "label" myself as being from the midwest (mw).
Mine is the name hotmail suggested I use when the name I picked to open an email account was taken. So I just went with it to avoid the multiple rejections I new I would receive if I continued to input names.(and it's the only one I can remember at my age):smokingco