<html><head></head><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><font size=2 color="#000000" face="Arial">Is there something written about why it is East Coast folks call the ocean "the water" or "the shore," Southerners call the ocean "the beach," and West Coast (California, Oregon, and Wash. state) folks call the ocean "the ocean?" I have lived in all three places and this has always puzzled me.<br>Susan Gilbert<br><font color="#0000FF"><u>mssmith@boone.net</u><font color="#000000"><br><br><br></p>
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