A fact from SS Myron appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when the steamer SS Myron(pictured) sank in 1919, she defied the adage that “Lake Superior seldom gives up her dead” when 17 of her crew were found frozen to death wearing their lifejackets?
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The statement "she defied the adage that 'Lake Superior seldom gives up her dead'” seems to be proven, not defied by this incident. Seldom means rarely, not never. By 'giving up her dead' in this case, it was one of those rare instances. Anyone else for editing this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigjimleo (talk • contribs) 01:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think the fact that all 17 dead (as opposed to say one out of 17) were recovered makes it an exception to "seldom". That said, I wonder if that quotation should be cited/credited to Gordon Lightfoot? Echoedmyron (talk) 01:17, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The article used the quotation from a 1919 newspaper article.--Wpwatchdog (talk) 01:26, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
