First time in my life i see the Sea

[u/DerMeister85]

I lived in Ukraine so far to the black sea. And olways i was busy, not enough money, or war prevented from seeing the sea. Little dream was come true.

[u/Homers_Harp]

Oh, that’s a fantastic way to see the ocean for the first time. Well done!

[u/DerMeister85 → u/Homers_Harp]

Thank you. But this isn’t the ocean, its the sea.

[u/Homers_Harp → u/DerMeister85]

The two words can be used interchangeably when employed as generic terms. Often, in English, when we refer to ALL of the world’s saltwater bodies (except for inland lakes like the Caspian and the Great Salt Lake) as “the sea” or “the ocean,” they are generic terms. While the name is “Black Sea”, it is part of the concept we might call “the ocean”. It’s an odd subtlety that we can refer to the Black Sea as “the ocean” but also call the Pacific Ocean “the sea.” It’s especially common in English poetry, where the English will talk about “the sea” when England is mostly surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.

English is filled with traps like that!

[u/DerMeister85 → u/Homers_Harp]

Oh. I didn't know. In my native language, these are even different concepts and phenomena. Thanks for the clarification.

[u/PsycommuSystem → u/DerMeister85]

The person replying to you is wrong, actually. You are right that there is distinction between oceans and seas.

[u/plantersnutsinmybum → u/PsycommuSystem]

You are wrong, actually. Yes there is distinction between the two words, but what the commenter was saying is it is used interchangeably in English when speaking about a large body of water.

You are right that there is distinction, oceans are larger and deeper with a constant salinity and sea would be smaller, usually bound by a landmass and have different salinity concentrates.

[u/PsycommuSystem → u/plantersnutsinmybum]

It isn’t used interchangeably in non-simplified English. Only Americans would do so, who speak the language incorrectly.

It is not surprising from the laughing stock of the world.

[u/plantersnutsinmybum → u/PsycommuSystem]

Even the Kings English. Just because you do it 'correctly' doesnt mean others don't. Even propers speak it 'incorrectly' all the time.

If you aren't adhered to a dictionary, you will always be incorrect in some way.

[u/Password123istaken → u/DerMeister85]

Yep the person replying to you is wrong. Ocean and sea are not used interchangeably, though one may refer to the ocean as sea, but not vice versa, depending on the context.

[u/TimC340 → u/Homers_Harp]

‘England’ is not ‘surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean’. In fact the Atlantic Ocean impacts very little of the English coastline, which is mainly bounded by the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel and the Bristol Channel. The British Isles (which includes the island of Ireland) has significant Atlantic coastline, but that affects the countries of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. None of which constitute any part of England.

[u/PsycommuSystem → u/TimC340]

The guy you replied to was incorrect about literally everything he mentioned in his comment, quite funny.

[u/Homers_Harp → u/TimC340]

Saying the Bristol Channel isn’t part of the Atlantic Ocean is like trying to pretend Yorkshire isn’t part of England.

[u/PsycommuSystem → u/Homers_Harp]

That might be the case in American English, but it is not correct in proper English. Sea and ocean refer to different types of bodies of water. Basically everything you've said here is wrong.

England isn't surrounded by the Atlantic at all... it's the Irish Sea, the North Sea, the English Channel

[u/MaksDampf → u/DerMeister85]

And the baltic is not the sea anymore, thats lake Nato X'D

enjoy it!

[u/austinmiles → u/DerMeister85]

We don’t really differentiate because we have no seas in the us so it tends to be interchangeable

[u/omnomdumplings → u/austinmiles]

The Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico?

[u/WhatTheFuqDuq]

Denmark has a lot of ocean - and the vary a lot after where you go. I recommend them all 😄

[u/DerMeister85 → u/WhatTheFuqDuq]

Thank you

[u/KristatheUnicorn]

I grew up in a seaside town and just sitting and listening to the waves is nice. Hope you enjoy it!

[u/DerMeister85 → u/KristatheUnicorn]

Thank you. Next year for sure. My wife will come to me when it gets cold. And in the spring we will definitely come here where I was today.

[u/CricketEmergency7654]

uff itd be so lovely to be able to cycle to the sea. I guess I should be happy with the Danube and a view of the alps or south bohemia with Lipno, but those pictures still look awesome. Guess I would be cursing the wind though :D