• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Thank you. “Seven seas” must be some US (or Anglopshere) thing again, like splitting America into two. There are five oceans as far as I know.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Oceans aren’t seas, seas are now generally considered smaller bodies of water. It’s fairly arbitrary though so not really an important distinction. Language changes

    • Knuschberkeks@leminal.space
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      3 months ago

      It’the term is kind of old fashioned, more used in poetry. Also there isn’t really consense over what the seven seas are. Some count Atlantic and Pacific as one each and add stuff like the carribbean, the gulf of Mexico America or the Mediterranean.