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Words for a watercourse
Back in the 1995 - 1997 we had a discussion on this group on the 27 words in the English language for a body of flowing water. I can't find the thread on Google archives. Does anyone happen to have a copy of the final list? If not, could we try to reconstitute it with contributions from one and all?
Many thanks
Peter
"A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware"- Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier"
Peter J. Lusby
San Diego, California, USA
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Many thanks
Peter
"A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware"- Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier"
Peter J. Lusby
San Diego, California, USA
http://www.edgarglobal.com
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[nq:1]Back in the 1995 - 1997 we had a discussion on this group on the 27 words in the English ... a copy of the final list? english, and it doesn't reach 27, not that I see.
- [nq:1]Back in the 1995 - 1997 we had a discussion on this group on the 27 words in the English ...
- a copy of the final list?
- english, and it doesn't reach 27, not that I see.
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[nq:1]Back in the 1995 - 1997 we had a discussion on this group on the 27 words in the English ... a copy of the final list? If not, could we try to reconstitute it with contributions from one and all?[/nq]
There's a discussion on that topic during that time period, but it's in sci.lang, not alt.usage.english, and it doesn't reach 27, not that I see. Look for this:
Subject: Re: Englis
There's a discussion on that topic during that time period, but it's in sci.lang, not alt.usage.english, and it doesn't reach 27, not that I see. Look for this:
Subject: Re: Englis
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[nq:2]Back in the 1995 - 1997 we had a discussion ... try to reconstitute it with contributions from one and all?[/nq]
Thanks for that cite, but it's not the thread I was looking for. The thread was definitely in AUE, because I recall starting it, and I've never been to any of the groups with Colin's thread. I wonder why it wasn't archived.
I may misremember the number now. It was a long t
Thanks for that cite, but it's not the thread I was looking for. The thread was definitely in AUE, because I recall starting it, and I've never been to any of the groups with Colin's thread. I wonder why it wasn't archived.
I may misremember the number now. It was a long t
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Peter Lusby:
[nq:1]beck bourne/burn brook creek/crick ghyll leat race rill rindle river rivulet runlet runnel stream tarn torrent[/nq]
Run.
Kill, if you count it as English.
Rapids, if you count it as a kind of stream and not a feature in a stream. Cascade, with the same qualification.
Estuary, if you count it as flowing.
Mark Brader > this take Toronto > "If is
[nq:1]beck bourne/burn brook creek/crick ghyll leat race rill rindle river rivulet runlet runnel stream tarn torrent[/nq]
Run.
Kill, if you count it as English.
Rapids, if you count it as a kind of stream and not a feature in a stream. Cascade, with the same qualification.
Estuary, if you count it as flowing.
Mark Brader > this take Toronto > "If is
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[nq:1]Thanks for that cite, but it's not the thread I was looking for. The thread was definitely in AUE, because ... add your own contributions. beck bourne/burn brook creek/crick ghyll leat race rill rindle river rivulet runlet runnel stream tarn torrent[/nq]
Some from searching AHD for definitions containing 'stream'-
arroyo (AHD 2. A brook; a creek.)
wadi
millrace
(thos
Some from searching AHD for definitions containing 'stream'-
arroyo (AHD 2. A brook; a creek.)
wadi
millrace
(thos
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[nq:1]Here are the 16 I can remember so far - feel free to add your own contributions.. tarn[/nq]
Would you consider tarns to be flowing water? I've always thought of them as high-altitude lakes or ponds, not flowing much.
Here are a few more:
ria
anabranch
branch
billabong
bogue (no doubt the adjectival form is "bogous")
confluence
feeder
canal
rig
Would you consider tarns to be flowing water? I've always thought of them as high-altitude lakes or ponds, not flowing much.
Here are a few more:
ria
anabranch
branch
billabong
bogue (no doubt the adjectival form is "bogous")
confluence
feeder
canal
rig
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[nq:2]Here are the 16 I can remember so far - feel free to add your own contributions.[/nq]
[nq:2]tarn[/nq]
[nq:1]Would you consider tarns to be flowing water? I've always thought of them as high-altitude lakes or ponds, not flowing ... water in a river or stream) pokelogan (marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake)[/nq]
Thanks for the list. I'd already reje
[nq:2]tarn[/nq]
[nq:1]Would you consider tarns to be flowing water? I've always thought of them as high-altitude lakes or ponds, not flowing ... water in a river or stream) pokelogan (marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake)[/nq]
Thanks for the list. I'd already reje
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[nq:1]I'd love to find references for words like "swallet" and "snye" - can you give me cites?[/nq]
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Swallet
It doesn't seem to be in my NSOED, but it's used in a part of Britain (Somerset) where I lived for a while to describe a feature of the
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Swallet
It doesn't seem to be in my NSOED, but it's used in a part of Britain (Somerset) where I lived for a while to describe a feature of the
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[nq:1]On the Somerset levels they have waterways called "drains". Honest.[/nq]
These are called rhynes surely?
http://somersetlevels.org.uk/lam introduction.php
Joachim
These are called rhynes surely?
http://somersetlevels.org.uk/lam introduction.php
Joachim
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[nq:1]On the Somerset levels they have waterways called "drains". Honest.[/nq]
The Fens, too. Nobody seems to have mentioned "***" (or "dike"). This one is regional - it some areas of England it means a hedge, in others a watercourse. In the Fens there are also leams, eaus, cuts, channels, and delphs.
Don Aitken
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The Fens, too. Nobody seems to have mentioned "***" (or "dike"). This one is regional - it some areas of England it means a hedge, in others a watercourse. In the Fens there are also leams, eaus, cuts, channels, and delphs.
Don Aitken
Mail to the addresses given in the headers is no longer being read. T
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