Christopher James Huff wrote:

> In article <3DC### [at] ibrasdk>, Ib Rasmussen <ib### [at] ibrasdk> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Shouldn't it be "snow crystals"? If snowflakes looked like that, I think 
>>   even a gentle snowfall would be dangerous :)
>>
> 
> But they are snowflakes, and they do often look very much like that. 
> Language issues?


Perhaps. According to my Oxford dictionary, snowflakes is the 
collections of snow crystals, in which snow falls, i.e. several crystals 
bunched together.


> BTW, a gentle snowfall can be dangerous, things can get very slippery 
> and visibility can be very low.


I was thinking more af being hit by large icy ninja stars :)

/Ib

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