If I read it on a map, then I dont question it.
The only time I get peeved or question it, is when the English randomly decide to rename a place  I spent years trying to work out where 'Cologne' was  but then I was looking at a german map  |
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Loch Ness (/?l?x 'n?s/; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis, [l???x'ni?]) is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km (23 mi) southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 m (52 ft) above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie". It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal to Loch Oich. At the northern end there is the Bona Narrows which opens out into Loch Dochfour, which feeds the River Ness and a further section of canal to Inverness. It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat content in the surrounding soil.
Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 56.4 km2 (21.8 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume. Its deepest point is 230 m (755 ft),[1][2] making it the second deepest lake in Scotland after Loch Morar. It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined,[2] and is the largest body of water on the Great Glen Fault, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south.
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"Not the monster, the actual body of water"
I wonder why it's called a 'body' of water and not a 'wet' of water or a 'self levelling' of water. Then, of course, why the singular? We don't say 'a pride of lion'...so why not 'bodies of water' or 'body of waters'? |
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