From: Rick McCallister
Message: 60630
Date: 2008-10-06
> From: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>In the drier parts of the Midwest, they are the focus of animal life --full of game, birds, fish, etc. Perhaps for that reason, many Native American groups from that region have names that are echoed in river names
> Subject: Re: [tied] long, flat, full
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 5:56 PM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick McCallister"
> <gabaroo6958@...>
>
> >> ======
> >> I still do not understand what 'river' and
> >> 'divide' have to do with 'full'
> >> and 'flat'.
> >> Arnaud
> >> =========
> >
> > It depends on the topography. In areas like the US
> Midwest, many rivers
> > are often flat and serve to divide, given that they
> are often too low to
> > navigate when it's dry and often too dangerous to
> navigate during intense
> > rainy spells.
> > See the Platte River, orginally called Nbithaska or
> Nebraska "flat water"
> > This kind of river is more common on the steppe than
> the prairie in the US
> >
> =======
> Nice,
>
> then what is your suggestion for "full" ?
>
> Arnaud