User talk:Wclark

Tributary/Distributary

Thanks for your message. In regard to your question, it would be extremely unusual, the point of being a freak of nature, for a creek like Raccoon Creek to be a distributary rather than a tributary of the Delaware. It would certainly be a "well-known" phenonmenon that everyone would know about. Distributaries are pretty rare and always have an outlet, almost always as part of a river delta (which the Delaware does not have). It is always where the river always splits into several channels. Had the Delaware done that, it would have carved a new channel across New Jersey now.

I'm not surprised at your observation, however. Without knowing more, I am guessing strongly that what you are witnessing is a tidal flow on the Delaware, which has tides as far as Trenton, if I recall correctly The flow of the Delaware, and at the mouth of its lower tributaries, may well be observed to reverse at certain times of the day. This happens in the Hudson, which flows "upriver" past Manhattan during the incoming tides. It's a subtle effect unless you are looking for it. -- Decumanus 04:19, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Philosophy of Language

Thanks very much for your interest in WikiProject Critical Theory! I thought you might want to be aware of our sister project, Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy, where your listing of Philosophy of language might also find a happy home. Snowspinner 20:40, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

w00t!

Thanks! You rock... -- Seth Ilys 19:29, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)