[UPDATE: The headline in the print edition of the newspaper does not contain this error. It reads "Public can comment on Salish Sea name idea".
Also, they fixed the headline on the website, but it's still not precisely accurate. Hey, in my real job I'm an encyclopedia editor, so I'm kind of a nut about precision and accuracy. I can't help it.
The headline now reads "Proposal would name inland Washington waters 'Salish Sea'", but it would be even more accurate if it said "Proposal would name inland Washington and British Columbia waters 'Salish Sea'." OK, I'm going to stop nitpicking now. I promise. —Tim]
It may not be author Dean Kahn’s fault, though. The writers almost never write the headlines. Here’s the headline in today’s Bellingham Herald:
Proposal would rename some Washington inland waters ‘Salish Sea’
Um…not really. The Salish Sea proposal applies a name to a coherent geographic entity that has no name. Nothing is renamed. No names are retired.
Don’t believe me? OK, what’s the conventional name for the entity featured in the map at right? Come on, I dare ya. What’s that inland sea’s name?
Otherwise, Mr. Kahn’s article seems to be accurate. It does appear, however, that Bellingham Herald readers (the ones who leave comments on the website, anyway) are just as ignorant, on the whole, as Seattle Times readers (the ones who leave comments on the website, anyway).
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Where can one get a copy of that map? When was it created? Who was the cartographer? I want one.
The map credit at the Bellingham Herald says “Courtesy Bert Webber”. He’s the guy who’s really pushing this. I’ll try to reach him and learn more about the map.