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> If anyone can point to a sea that's not salty, I'd be happy to know. Until then, these are just lakes! That feels a bit circular. If you define sea as havin
by technothrasher 4y ago
> If anyone can point to a sea that's not salty, I'd be happy to know. Until then, these are just lakes!
That feels a bit circular. If you define sea as having to contain saltwater, then how could anybody point you to a sea that isn't salty?
- quietbritishjim 4y agoBecause language is defined by usage, if there was a body of water that is freshwater but widely agreed to be a sea then the parent commenter is agreeing to revise their definition to match.
- jamincan 4y agoIt seems like a no-true-scotsman problem. The examples of seas that are freshwater are dismissed as not actually seas since they're freshwater.
- dncornholio 4y agoI thought I'd go with the same method as the article, using examples. I dismissed all the examples the article has given, and asked for better examples where we call a fresh water body a sea. I think we haven't and shouldn't. It's already confusing enough. Call all salty water bodies seas would be fine with me. But including non salty waters will only add to the confusion.
- jamincan 4y agoWell someone pointed out the Sea of Galilee (which is a lake, but then so is the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea).