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Underground is a bit of a misnomer; these are under ice and snow.
by nitrogen 9y ago
Underground is a bit of a misnomer; these are under ice and snow.
- fredley 9y agoUnderwater would be better?
- dredmorbius 9y agoEtymological origins suggests this is faithful: ground (n.): Old English grund "bottom; foundation; surface of the earth," also "abyss, Hell," and "bottom of the sea" (a sense preserved in run aground), from Proto-Germanic *grundus, which seems to have meant "deep place" (source also of Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish grund, Dutch grond, Old High German grunt, German Grund "ground, soil, bottom;" Old Norse grunn "a shallow place," grund "field, plain," grunnr "bottom"). No known cognates outside Germanic. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=ground http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=ground