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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by math_dandy on Friday April 14, 2023 @10:09AM (#35569752)
Avoid these irritating semantics by insisting that "in a lake" be the final prepositional clause in any of these examples. We can all agree that a landmass surrounded by fresh water is an island, right? (And that lakes are uncontroversially fresh water by definition?)
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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by yowzadave on Friday April 14, 2023 @10:40AM (#35570059)
> And that lakes are uncontroversially fresh water by definition?

As someone who grew up next to the Great Salt Lake, this is not uncontroversial!

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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by math_dandy on Friday April 14, 2023 @10:59AM (#35570280)
Point.
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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by grogenaut on Friday April 14, 2023 @11:45AM (#35570850)
Why is the gsl a lake and the Salton sea a sea
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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by Dylan16807 on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:53PM (#35573304)
Salton Sea is a lake.
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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by grogenaut on Sunday April 16, 2023 @01:17AM (#35587467)
So it's the Salton Sea Lake?
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Re:Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island by Dylan16807 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:01PM (#35623343)
Plenty of lakes don't have "Lake" in the name.
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