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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