You see, if the world does get warmer then lots of the world's ice will melt.
The melt-water will flow down into the seas, which will rise and cause floods and annoyance to all and sundry.
This prospect is worrying to many people.
The Greenpeace headline said:
JOIN THE ARCTIC RISING
Um...
...but isn't that just what they're trying to prevent?
Word To Use Today: arctic. This word comes from the Greek arktos, which means bear.
Photo: Steve Hillebrand / USFWS
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ReplyDeleteThat's very kind, Sky. Thank you.
DeletePersonally, I'm never satisfied: but it's as near as I can get.
I think it's hard for people to relate to the Artic, all the way down there in the South Pole, covered in flocks of polar bears and schools of penguins : o )
DeleteYou are living dangerously, here, Ed!
DeleteI do like the idea of a school of penguins, though. They always look so smart in their uniforms, don't they.
In any case, rookery as a collective noun for penguins is just SILLY.
I *love* collective nouns or (because I want to show off) terms of venery.
DeleteI'm writing about one tomorrow, but you'll have to wait and see.
Did you know that a group of ducks is (among other things) a badling or a twack. How lovely is that? : o )
As lovely as Helen of Troy wearing silk pyjamas by Chloe, Ed.
DeleteI love that other gorgeous term of venery, a paddling of ducks, too.
On the other hand a bevy of girls, though often gorgeous, isn't, strictly speaking, a term of venery.
And a bench of bishops is unlikely to be either gorgeous or a term of venery.
Can't wait for tomorrow's lexicolatry, Ed!