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And I think "teems” is absolutely the wrong word here as it has a rather negative connotation -- you think of "a teeming tenement” or "teeming with roaches" (yuck!)
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But Marion, we also talk of a river or lake teeming with fish, and that's a really positive connotation, of prosperity, of fertility, of nature going right - especially for the fisherfolk! Associative thinking's such an interesting thing.
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