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How do you spell "tsusami"? Can't figure it out.
With an n.
tsunami
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Some more shore words
Berms
estuary (estuaries)
barrier islands
barrier reefs
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Soomer eeza coomin' een,
Lovely seengs cuckoooooo...
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Soomer eeza coomin' een,
OK, you asked for it.
Sumer is ycomen in,
Lhude sing, cucu.
Groweth sed and bloweth med
And springth the wode nu.
Sing, cucu.
Awe bleteth after lomb,
Luth after calve cu,
Bullock sterteth, bucce verteth,
murie sing, cucu.
Cucu, cucu, wel singes thu cucu,
ne swike thu naver nu.
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Not "berm", I think, Helen. You see that word a bit in real-estate practice, as a berm running alongside the highway to buffer noise. But admittedly, I did not stop to LIU.
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You're right Helen.
berm (būrm)
n.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia. The shoulder of a road.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A terrace formed by wave action along the backshore of a beach.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
tr.v., bermed, berm·ing, berms.
To provide with a berm or berms.
[French berme, from Dutch berm, from Middle Dutch bęrm, berme.]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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It sounds like, as I thought, the word is not particularized to the context of "shore". Thanks for the LIU, mav. In flood-control practice (with which we who like in so flat and ill-drained a land as Chicago are familiar  ), berms are often used in conjunction with "swales". Post-edit to dear-dear Dub-Dub : All I'm saying is -- well, let me analogize. You wouldn't put "bird" in a list of shore-words, even though of course some types of birds do make the shore their habitat. So too the six definitions of "berm": most (though not all) are unconnected with the shore.
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Mav pastes:
A terrace formed by wave action along the backshore of a beach.
...sounds like a shore term to me, Keiva... (You wrote: It sounds like, as I thought, the word is not particularized to the context of "shore". " Mebbe not limited to the shore, but certainly nothing short of the shore!
Beach regards,
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Thanks Mav, Long Island famous ocean shore (and yes, WO'N, NJ's too,) is made up of barrier island with berms on the back (bay side).. any construction that impacts the berms requires an enviromental impact statement and public hearings.. so i have gone to speak about Sound Berms! (talk about confusion!!-- a public meeting on Sound (LI Sound) Berm (construction impact) -- but they left out the Blue!)
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Meanwhile, the version I was most familiar with was that of barriers around gun emplacements from interest in the Napoleonic Wars I know, I know - I should get out more!
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