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   From: eraserhead@cyberdude.com   
      
   "Michael Davis"  schreef in bericht   
   news:6d0dded0d2652287bcab4ead01f0d973@news.meganetnews.com...   
   > ellerby wrote:   
   > > "Michael Davis"  wrote in message   
   > > news:d0c256f7367fe88eea128a277828a294@news.meganetnews.com...   
   > >   
   > >>The notorious net kook known as Twonky wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>>2:10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden. From there it   
   divided   
   > >>   
   > > and became four major   
   > >   
   > >>>rivers.   
   > >>   
   > >>Rivers don't behave that way. Rivers join together to make bigger   
   > >>rivers. They don't split into smaller ones.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Oh yes they do.   
   >   
   > Oh no they don't.   
   >   
   > >   
   > > distributary, n. River branch that does not return to main stream after   
   leaving   
   > > it (as in a delta).   
   > > Concise Oxford Dictionary   
   >   
   > A delta is at the end of a river, where it empties into a larger   
   > body of water. Twonky wasn't talking about the end of a river. He   
   > was talking about a great river being the source for four major   
   > rivers that head off in different directions. I defy you to   
   > produce even one example of that happening in the real world.   
      
      
   It doesn't really matter what Twonky said. You're trying to   
   change the whole issue here.   
   You said that rivers don't split into smaller ones. Didn't you ?   
      
      
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