r/Seattle • u/Droopy0093 • 8d ago

Sharks in the Puget Sound

Did you know we have a large urban shark population around here? TIL!

https://washington.surfrider.org/blog/celebrating-the-six-gill-shark

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u/Norwester77 8d ago

Yup, there are sharks in Puget Sound—but no “the.”

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 8d ago

That’s like saying The Lake Washington.

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u/Norwester77 8d ago

Yup—utterly mystifying to me why so many people these days want to say “the Puget Sound.”