name of the quake = Nisqually

[Tom Fenton]

The subject of the note is "name of the quake = Nisqually" and since
Nisqually is a common local name around Olympia, I truly did not see the
point of the original post and still do not.
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Tom Fenton ( tom_fenton at attglobal.net )
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Subject: Re: name of the quake = Nisqually


> Well, I thought David was pointing out the "official" name of the
> earthquake (as opposed to things like Seattle Rattler and the like that
> were bandied about here earlier in the week). But, now that you mention
it,
> "looks to be" seems totally unexceptionable to me. (Maybe it's a New York
> thang.) It's subtly different from "seems to be", but I'm not sure exactly
> how, perhaps stylistically; it might be a bit "folksier".
>
> As to Tom's question, the "head-scratcher" is, I would imagine,
> seismological rather than geographic or linguistic.
>
> Beverly Flanigan said:
> >I assume the point is the verb "looks to be"--a variant of the "looking
to"
> >usage we've been talking about recently.  But it's different in that,
like
> >"seems," it reflects speaker/writer perception rather than
outward-directed
> >action by the nominal subject (planning to, intending to).  Neither usage
> >is common to me (or to Dave, I suspect), but both seem (look) to be
> >spreading generally today though they may originally have been regionally
> >restricted.  What do others think?
> >
> >At 09:52 AM 3/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >>What's the point? The Nisqually River flows through the Nisqually Indian
> >>Reservation near Olympia.
> >>--
> >>Tom Fenton ( tom_fenton at attglobal.net )
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: David Bergdahl <einstein at FROGNET.NET>
> >>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 9:32 AM
> >>Subject: name of the quake = Nisqually
> >>
> >>
> >>> "They say this latest earthquake, which is being called the Nisqually,
> >>> for the river delta near its epicenter, looks to be something of a
> >>> scientific head-scratcher."
> >>> -- Sat NY Times online
> >>> ___________________________________________________________
> >>> David Bergdahl   einstein at frognet.net   tel: (740) 592-1617
> >>>         home page:      http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~bergdahl
> >>
>
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