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OK, all you word junkies, last night someone said they'd heard a word used
to describe the zone where fresh water meets salt water. I said "estuary"
and she said "No - a different word. Heard it in a documentary. It was a
pretty word. One word, not two."

There was wine involved in this discussion, so the word may not exist. Begin
throwing words....NOW! :-)


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OK, all you word junkies, last night someone said they'd heard a word used
to describe the zone where fresh water meets salt water. I said "estuary"
and she said "No - a different word. Heard it in a documentary. It was a
pretty word. One word, not two."

There was wine involved in this discussion, so the word may not exist.
Begin throwing words....NOW! :-)


Brackish?

Not particularly pretty, but every thing looks and sounds better after wine.

Eisboch


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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:34:09 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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OK, all you word junkies, last night someone said they'd heard a word used
to describe the zone where fresh water meets salt water. I said "estuary"
and she said "No - a different word. Heard it in a documentary. It was a
pretty word. One word, not two."

There was wine involved in this discussion, so the word may not exist.
Begin throwing words....NOW! :-)


Brackish?

Not particularly pretty, but every thing looks and sounds better after wine.


Brackish is the water. Estuary is the zone. I think the wine made
her think she heard a word other than estuary.

Steve
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:29:28 -0500, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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OK, all you word junkies, last night someone said they'd heard a word used
to describe the zone where fresh water meets salt water. I said "estuary"
and she said "No - a different word. Heard it in a documentary. It was a
pretty word. One word, not two."

There was wine involved in this discussion, so the word may not exist. Begin
throwing words....NOW! :-)


Firth? Fjord?
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:29:28 -0500, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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OK, all you word junkies, last night someone said they'd heard a word used
to describe the zone where fresh water meets salt water. I said "estuary"
and she said "No - a different word. Heard it in a documentary. It was a
pretty word. One word, not two."

There was wine involved in this discussion, so the word may not exist.
Begin
throwing words....NOW! :-)


Firth? Fjord?



Nope. And I don't know the answer, so this isn't a newsgroup quiz. It's out
there somewhere....




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