[Ads-l] cal-ving

James A. Landau JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM
Sun Sep 15 14:08:55 UTC 2019


> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 4:32 PM David Daniel <dad at coarsecourses.com>
> wrote:
>
>> CNN reporter, about a big-ass chunk of glacier calving in Alaska,
>> definitely
>> called it cal-ving. WTF? Is that a one-off, a trend, a movement, a
>> rebellion, a sea change, or we don't know?
>> David

Yes, a chunk of a glacier calving into the ocean is a sea change.  It is also breaking news.

- Jim Landau



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