30.4 (DLM Rose's Task - One if by Land, Two if by Sea)

[Alice]

Does Beach count as a land feature?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Alice wrote: "Does Beach count as a land feature?"

Beach works

[Cindy AL]

In my part of the world "branch" is a word for a small creek or stream, as in the phrase "bourbon and branch water", will you accept branch as water?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Cindy wrote: "In my part of the world "branch" is a word for a small creek or stream, as in the phrase "bourbon and branch water", will you accept branch as water?"

Yes

[Cindy AL]

THANK YOU!!!!

[Sarah (Mood Reader)]

Would the word spring work?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Sarah wrote: "Would the word spring work?"

yes, for a body of water

[Sarah (Mood Reader)]

Also from the dictionary you are using DLM would kill work?

[Sarah (Mood Reader)]

Also are you taking variations of the words such as the plural, ing, ed, etc.?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Sarah wrote: "Also are you taking variations of the words such as the plural, ing, ed, etc.?"

"kill" would work- and "kills", but not killing, killed

[Sarah (Mood Reader)]

I was thinking about everything not just kill, like arch, arched, arching, etc. Not just one of the words though, all of the possibilities.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Sarah wrote: "I was thinking about everything not just kill, like arch, arched, arching, etc. Not just one of the words though, all of the possibilities."

The plurals work, but not the other forms

[Literally]

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[Arow]

Hi; would Field work for part A?

Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Arow wrote: "Hi; would Field work for part A?

Thanks!"

yes

[Deedee]

Hi -- another question -- would "park" work for Part A? (As in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.) Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Deedee wrote: "Hi -- another question -- would "park" work for Part A? (As in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.) Thanks!"

I was going to say no as it is a man-made feature, but I found this definition
Western U.S. a broad valley in a mountainous region.
so it is a yes ~D

[Zimbellina]

Hi, just wondering if 'drift' would work as in The Killings At Badger's Drift. I looked it up and one of the definitions was 'a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents'. Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Kandie wrote: "Hi, just wondering if 'drift' would work as in The Killings At Badger's Drift. I looked it up and one of the definitions was 'a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or..."

Drift works :)

[Zimbellina]

Dlmrose wrote: "Kandie wrote: "Hi, just wondering if 'drift' would work as in The Killings At Badger's Drift. I looked it up and one of the definitions was 'a large mass of material that is heaped up..."

Excellent :) Thanks!

[El]

I saw that someone used "moon" as a natural landform. Would you also accept earth?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

El wrote: "I saw that someone used "moon" as a natural landform. Would you also accept earth?"

I saw that someone else used moon, too- and I'm still thinking that one over...

My first thought was that moon missed the point of being a physical land feature as an element of topography. My premise goes back to Paul Revere- could Paul Revere have traveled by land over/through it? I've allowed some things like "woods" via that logic. I'm still looking for alternate definitions that might allow moon...I'll get back to you soon on earth

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

El wrote: "I saw that someone used "moon" as a natural landform. Would you also accept earth?"

I'll take earth

[El]

Thanks for getting back to us on that, Dlmrose!

[Shawn]

"Marsh" is on both wikipedia lists!

Is it okay if I use The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq for either the land or sea part, or do you have a preference?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Mollie wrote: ""Marsh" is on both wikipedia lists!

Is it okay if I use The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq for either the land or sea part, or do you have a p..."

I think marsh is more land

[Shawn]

Okay, thanks!