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Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Monday, December 13, 2004, 0:26
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 06:44:05PM -0500, # 1 wrote:
> Two oceans? > Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific it makes four.
Yes, of course. Five, if you count the Antarctic separately. And some would further divide the Atlantic and Pacific into North and South, which makes seven and may be the origin of the "Seven Seas" phrase. But then again, there's physically only one ocean, as they all connect . . .
> and there are thousands of seas!
In reality, sure - at least potentially; I'm not sure about "thousands", but certainly hundreds. At any rate, I was referring to "the Seven Seas", which is a set phrase in English referring to all the seas and oceans of the world. You can learn more about the phrase's history here, if you're curious: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m7sea.html But my goal was just to point out how arbitrary all these designations and enumerations are. -Marcos

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