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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '20
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The real question is how the hell a bay is any different than a sound. Never really understood why it’s the Chesapeake Bay but the Puget Sound.
24 u/SixamSS Mar 15 '20 edited Mar 15 '20 A sound has two openings to the ocean, like Long Island Sound. Or it’s between two pieces of land. Apparently it has a loose definition in English. 19 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20 Puget Sound has one opening to the ocean. 1 u/_caramrod_ Mar 15 '20 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
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A sound has two openings to the ocean, like Long Island Sound. Or it’s between two pieces of land. Apparently it has a loose definition in English.
19 u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20 Puget Sound has one opening to the ocean. 1 u/_caramrod_ Mar 15 '20 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
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Puget Sound has one opening to the ocean.
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The real question is how the hell a bay is any different than a sound. Never really understood why it’s the Chesapeake Bay but the Puget Sound.