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Re: "floe" != mispelled "flow"
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David Philippi |
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Re: "floe" != mispelled "flow" |
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Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:00:58 +0200 |
Am Son, 2003-08-17 um 17.44 schrieb Jarno Elonen:
> "Floe" indeed is an actual word, not a typo and suits the story much better
> than "flow". "Iceberg", on the other hand, would probably be even better
> since unlike "floe" it's quite basic vocabulary for non-native English
> speakers as well.
Good catch, I'll correct it back to floe. I don't like iceberg very
much, it's a bit strange to imagine them using an whole iceberg instead
of a simple floe (and it looks horrible to me since Berg is the german
word for mountain *g*).
Bye David