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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/5/2016 11:31 AM, qurgh lungqIj
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:08 AM,
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<div>Outside of everyday usage, English uses <i>ice</i>
to refer to any substance that is normally thought
of as non-solid when it has been made solid. We use
<i>ice</i> instead of some other word because water
is the most common substance that we regularly see
become solid; we just apply that word to other
substances.<br>
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<div>English speakers use it, incorrectly, that way. It's a
slang, albeit very common slang. You may use that slang,
but some people try to avoid it.<br>
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<p>Scientists use it this way. For example, <a
href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ammonia+ice&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS687US687&oq=ammonia+ice&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1952j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=%22ammonia+ice%22+site:nasa.gov">ammonia
ice</a>.</p>
<p>Many <a
href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ice?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic">dictionaries</a>
give both definitions.<br>
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<div>When you have watched someone pick up a chunk of "dry
ice" and try to eat it, thinking it's normal ice, you
quickly learn not to use "ice" outside of the water kind.<br>
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<p><i>Dry ice</i> is another example of using <i>ice</i> to refer
to something other than solid water.<br>
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