What’s in a Name?

Bowing to considerable pressure, local politicians are being forced to consider a name-change for West Ashley by local elderly groups who want the area to return a simpler, angrier time.
Historically, West Ashley has been known by many names — St. Andrew’s Parish, West of the Ashley, rural Charleston County, the Land that Joe Forgot.
“We need a name that reflects our heritage,” said one local elder who is advocating for the area’s parish name, “St. Andrews” to be used once again to designate the land stretching west from the Ashley River to Kansas, “like it was in olden times.”
“It’s what it was called when we were young … and we liked it!” exclaimed “Stinky” Pete McFegnarg, between plunks on his banjo and songs about his long-lost Clementine.
Currently, much of West Ashley falls under the St. Andrews Public Service District, and receives services like trash pick up and policing from the county. Federal agencies, like the postal service, already list much of West Ashley as St. Andrews and have for decades.
McFegnarg and some other toothless ol’ coots complained that the name “West Ashley” was the unwanted lovechild borne of the News and Courier and other media outlets calling the area as such, beginning in the 1970s.
But even older, cave-dwelling residents have entered the fray, too, calling for the area to be renamed something even older and more archaic – “Sa’Hut Nga’chuq.”
Translated into English from the original, it means “not as expensive as Mt. Pleasant, but nice enough and convenient to everything, including I-526.”
A Council of Elders has been called where a final decision will be meted out in the old ways —a including trial by combat, a foot race, and a grits cook-off.
Certain names have already been eliminated from the discussion — Westeros and West Of, for instance.