Re: Ah, spring...

I agree with you re pronunciation.  I listen to a good number of  "talking
books" while gardening, quilting, cleaning and many are read by renown
individuals...the pronunciation is quite different, especially if a reader
is English educated...so, whose "right", and "who cares".  The funniest
"different" I recently heard was for scallops with the accent on the last
syllable.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11


> [Original Message]
> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 4/14/2007 4:04:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Ah, spring...
>
> I'm so disgusted w this April.  It's snowing now.  Almost a white-out for
a 
> bit, now, just falling.  Not sticking much, but geez.  It's cold and I
wanna 
> work in the yard.  I dug and potted some shrubs last night after work,
but I 
> need to do more.  My sale is in 2 wks.
>
> I ran over to our MG conference this afternoon for the speaker who was 
> giving a talk on Botanical Latin.  She lost me right from the start when
she 
> touted Hortus Third as the best resource.  But I stuck in there, thinking 
> the rest of the talk would be good, but 40 minutes into it, no, and I
left. 
> She's the kind of speaker that make people not want to deal w botanical 
> Latin.  Boring, slow-speaking, dry, emphasis on - and a real stickler for
- 
> pronunciation.  In my opinion, pronunciation is a distant second to the 
> value of the words, and she didn't get around to that much at all.  IMO,
if 
> you say AY-sir and someone else says AH-ker, so what? You both still know 
> you're talking maples.  This is botanical Latin, not conversational Latin 
> and they don't necessarily follow the same rules.  There's lots of Greek, 
> Russian, and what-have-you involved in plant names.  A talk on this
subject 
> should strive to make it FUN or your audience will reptans toward the
door.
>
> Oh, maybe I'm just in a bad mood.
>
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Ah, spring...
>
>
> >I just read that we had the driest and warmest spring in 118
years...quite
> > a record.  We definitely won't have mast this year.  I mulched several 
> > beds
> > today, trying to beat the storm that is coming.  We are supposed to have
> > SNOW tomorrow.  Not surprising for April in ETN but very surprising
after
> > weeks of 70-80 degree temperature.  I was feeling pretty good earlier.
> > Saved a fothergilla that was being thrown out last fall...it even
bloomed.
> > Also, move a neviusia alabamensis sucker, hoping to have another bush
next
> > spring.  Several of the plants I bought last year from Gene are
> > blooming...I just hope they make it through this next projected cold 
> > spell.
> >
> > Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
> > Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 4/13/2007 9:56:03 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Ah, spring...
> >>
> >> I know just how you feel, Auralie.  I don't think it got out of the 50s
> > at
> >> work today.  I did finally get my yard mowed yesterday, but that's all
> > I've
> >> done.
> >> zem
> >> zone 7
> >> West TN
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:42 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Ah, spring...
> >>
> >>
> >> > Enjoy it, Jim.  We have mostly overcast skies, very windy,
> >> > and 43 degrees.  I've had a delivery of perennial plants, and
> >> > there is much that needs to be done outside, but I just don't
> >> > seem able to push these old bones out into that chilly wind.
> >> > And now they are saying we will have a nor'easter this
> >> > weekend.  Brrr!!
> >> > Auralie
> >> >
> >> > In a message dated 04/13/2007 1:13:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> > islandjim1@verizon.net writes:
> >> >
> >> > NOAA says it's 87 at the Sarasota airport. My weather station says
it's
> >> > 86 in my back yard. Gotta go to the income tax guy at 4--it'll likely
> >> > be 90 by then. Guess I'm done complaining about sweatshirts and long
> >> > pants until December. Time for Ms Fatma and me to start arguing about
> >> > the A/C setting.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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