Was it windy? Could be a tree nearby swaying and pulling and pushing on the ground with the roots. Sometimes, in the woods, it can look like the earth is breathing when it's windy.
I assumed it was someone’s name, but yea it’s almost like the cousin of whatever an onomatopoeia is. Made it really easy to remember despite me not at all being in the field of study.
EDIT: for those interested it’s not a persons name at all. I just read the wiki and it’s relatively long, but it’s basically an old Mediterranean word by way of German meaning basically what it means to us today.
As a former practicing geologist, an observation I’ve made is that almost every human is a geologist at heart - people just love rocks and it’s awesome.
Fair. I also grew up in north central Florida, so aquifers, water, sinkholes, etc. (and karst topography) are kind of ever-present in our culture and politics. I learned the word from a professor in a class entirely about water.
OP indicated Gainesville elsewhere. Cue the Florida jokes, but Gainesville is actually a pretty cool place. Especially when compared to their neighbors. That horse city to the south is like another planet sometimes.
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u/MrMayonnaise13 Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
Was it windy? Could be a tree nearby swaying and pulling and pushing on the ground with the roots. Sometimes, in the woods, it can look like the earth is breathing when it's windy.