breadboxes and boulders, oh my
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Feb 17 16:56:58 UTC 2013
At 2/17/2013 11:37 AM, Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock wrote:
>It seems to me that breadboxes vary far less in size than boulders do.
Additional precise scientific terminology:
"boulder" = "A water-worn rounded stone, varying in size, but
properly larger than a pebble." OED.
Joel
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