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Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the snow-plowing dept.

OECD writes "NASA reports that a massive 100-mile-long iceberg is on a collision course (movie) with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. NASA scientists expect a collision to occur no later than January 15, 2005."

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  2. Re:Iceburg? by pigreco314 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    According to Googlism:
    "iceburg is afire
    iceburg is cold and the water molecules contained in the iceburg are moving slowly
    iceburg is a huge
    iceburg is afire scapegoat sister ship twenty three deep sunless sea
    iceburg is afire; she loves the wind; mektub/kesma; coca cola and beer; on the fringe;
    iceburg is available in the following box styles
    iceburg is under the surface and this is the greater reality of the iceburg
    iceburg is cheap and available to me at fry's for $10
    iceburg is so freaking small[...]"

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  3. Re:Iceburg? by CmdrGravy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On the whole I think that is pronounced "burra" in BE.
    It is perhaps an Iceburgh in Americanese though, which we would on the whole pronounce as Iceburra. Edinburgh for example.

  4. XTC vs. Adam Ant... by sutekh137 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...only one can survive.

    (sorry, just had to quote They Might Be Giants!)

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