tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post5601883811953756436..comments2023-04-15T05:23:09.282-04:00Comments on The Offlede: Bertha's big waves are totally gnarly - dude - in Cocoa BeachAndrew Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09002999553042840772noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post-15936414247156971172008-07-16T02:43:00.000-04:002008-07-16T02:43:00.000-04:00The surfers linked to my companion floridatoday.co...The surfers linked to my companion floridatoday.com blog: <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/5cgpcc" REL="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/5cgpcc</A>Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002999553042840772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post-87265842634553415112008-07-15T19:38:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:38:00.000-04:00It's just a descriptor of how it looked that day. ...It's just a descriptor of how it looked that day. I've seen it that color in many other places, not just in Florida.Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002999553042840772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post-85439598883548924622008-07-15T19:34:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:34:00.000-04:00"Ahh, the nice aqua-green of the Atlantic."The Atl..."Ahh, the nice aqua-green of the Atlantic."<BR/><BR/>The Atlantic doesn't have that nice color everywhere. How about: Ahh, the nice aqua-green of the Central Florida Atlantic.<BR/><BR/>~WNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post-24905340727955040902008-07-14T04:45:00.000-04:002008-07-14T04:45:00.000-04:00And, as a footnote to this post, my original spell...And, as a footnote to this post, my original spelling of "narley" was replaced with "gnarly" after getting an F-book comment and two e-mails about it from fellow sticklers. I had to get them off my back.<BR/><BR/>However, I'm not so certain they're correct. "Gnarly," as a reference to waves, was meant to indicate bumpy surf conditions, as the root word "gnarl" might suggest: Choppy seas makes for gnarly surf.<BR/><BR/>The further bastardization of the slang word to mean "cool" in reference to "totally rad" clean waves, therefore, is technically incorrect. That's why other spellings ("narley" or knarley") came into play - to avoid such conflict.<BR/><BR/>If anyone has any further insight, please fire back.Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002999553042840772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post-88274414939736270722008-07-14T04:34:00.000-04:002008-07-14T04:34:00.000-04:00It had a life jacket on, too. Of course, it matche...It had a life jacket on, too. Of course, it matched the dog's hair, so you can't really see it. But it's there. Trust me.Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002999553042840772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478973086041556675.post-44001983563861010052008-07-14T01:51:00.000-04:002008-07-14T01:51:00.000-04:00How did that dog not drown?How did that dog not drown?Wordnerdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441110723393273531noreply@blogger.com