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My moon is in Silty Loam but my Sun sign is Clay. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's confusing that Sandy Loam and Loamy Sand are two distinctly different things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Red orange vs Orange Red.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Dirty water vs. watery dirt.

One is dirty water, the other we'd probably call mud.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

To me, the difference is that one is mostly loam with a bit of sand and the other is mostly sand with a bit of loam.