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  shiva singh April 7, 2011 14:36

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Paul29 April 7, 2011 8:55

  Hey there, Tanya! Actually I'm your colleague since I majored English in the varsity. I used to work in the university now I'm in private education sphere. Nice to meet you!
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  Beverly Stout April 5, 2011 15:39

  Last comment on weir, I promise! But this is funny, ha ha. I'm reading a book about Lake Tahoe, a large lake near where I live. In one of the stories they talk about "Spirit Cave Man", a 9400 year old mummy that was found near the lake in 1940. Imagine my surprise that they talked about when examining the mummy,  they found very small fish inside his intestines..."so small that woven nets or weirs must have been used to trap them." Ha!
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  Beverly Stout April 5, 2011 0:57

  From my sis... 
  

  ...a (small) dam.  ...different kinds...for different purposes, and the word is very much alive and kicking in both usages – at least in the hydropower world and the fisheries world.

   1. A fish trap – a small ‘fence’ built across a river which lets water through, but not fish (mesh or slats too small for fish to pass).  Another usage – test stolen from Wikipedia cause its faster  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir  - lots of good pics:

  A weir (pronounced /ˈwɪər/) is a small overflow dam used to alter the flow characteristics of a river or stream. In most cases weirs take the form of a barrier across the river that causes water to pool behind the structure (not unlike a dam), but allows water to flow over the top. Weirs are commonly used to alter the flow regime of the river, prevent flooding, measure discharge and to help render a river navigable.
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  Beverly Stout April 3, 2011 17:11

  I also looked it up in wikipedia and there are pictures there that describe what you described.  It appears to be a word in use here in US also but maybe most people, unless they are water engineers, know the word.  I'll also ask my sister, who works in a water engineering firm!
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  Beverly Stout April 3, 2011 17:03

  I am not sure! I'll try to research and get back to you. Do you have a picture? Here is a picture I got from a Google search...

  
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  Beverly Stout April 2, 2011 22:48

  Yes, weir is an "OK" word but we don't hear it much. We usually have dams (no water flowing over the top) or levees which are usually dirt embankments built up at the edges of rivers that tend to overflow, to prevent flooding. I'm sure we also have weirs but do not usually hear about them.
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  Beverly Stout April 2, 2011 18:13

  You asked why snow in California--we live in the mountains (foothills, really, about 3000 feet) between Auburn CA and Lake Tahoe. We usually get 1 or 2 snowfalls but usually earlier, like January. This year was the most in about 50 years, and now some cities below are worried about flooding when the snows melt.

   

  I would be happy to help you with English when you need it. I am not always very prompt, though, due to work, but I'll do my best.

  Bev
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  Beverly Stout March 29, 2011 20:50

  Don't know very much about Canada, sorry, although I have visited Niagra Falls and Jaspar Highway (other side of Canada!) where I saw 2 grizzly bears from my car! Will be happy to help any way I can, but actually your English sounds perfect! Here are 2 pics of what my part of California (warm weather, sun, right?) looked like a week ago...a tree limb fell on roof and did about $8000 damage!

   

  

   

  
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  Mario March 26, 2011 20:08

  ah ok. well the whole reason I like this is because its not someone so famous. sure I like well-known bands and singers, but isn't it just great finding talents that are not so much about selling? (like Bieber)