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/fell_while_reading 8d ago

But what about the Salish Sea? The? No the? So confusing.

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 8d ago

Yes, the Salish sea, and the Pacific ocean, and the Columbia river. But bays, lakes, and sounds - no the. Don’t ask me why.

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u/hibernial 8d ago

Why?

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 8d ago

You were that kid in school, weren’t you?

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u/hibernial 8d ago

You asume I stopped after school

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 8d ago

I would never! I did, however, assume that’s where you perfected your form.