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  • I grew up in Iowa, a thousand miles from the nearest ocean, so to me (and I believe to most other lowans, though I haven't had a chance to check with all of them yet) the word ocean suggests alarming things like riptides and undertows.

    I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999

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