"K" <Kthyn...@aol.com> wrote in message news:<bfhng8$eqpk...@ID146160.news.uniberlin.de>...
Maybe its because I'm not a native Seattlelite (?), to me, ocean equals
salt water and seagulls.
bays
You need to look up the definition of ocean.
o·cean ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shn)
n.
The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the
earth's surface.
Abbr. Oc. or O. Any of the principal divisions of the ocean, including
the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.
A great expanse or amount: "that ocean of land which is Russia" (Henry
A. Kissinger).
Julie.