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    Which ocean is called "Herring Pond"?

    Question #113547. Asked by armindasantana. (Mar 21 10 1:56 PM)


    serpa

    		Atlantic.

    "For enlightenment here, I turned to the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which has quite a lot of notes on big pond and its variations, such as great pond and herring-pond.
    The sayings are surprisingly old, with the first example of great pond being recorded in 1641 and herring-pond in 1686. Early examples are all from writers in various British North American colonies and so it’s reasonable to suppose that the expressions originated there."

    http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-big2.htm



    Mar 21 10, 3:30 PM

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