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Re: Pinky Winky


With over 25 years in garden centers I know Dan is right. I also learned 
very quickly to dumb down my vocabulary. Never use the word desiccation or 
any word above the Grade 8 level..
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Bruce Zimmerman
Open-Line Garden Show
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Clost" <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Pinky Winky


>I just know I'm gonna get in trouble here with non-pc but it is a money
> making fact that the ladies, especially the landscape architects, like the
> name ( and its not a bad plant) and they buy it.
> You might say cotton-easter or caw-tone- ee-aster;
> you might say for-sith- ee-ah or for-sythe- ee- ah;
> you might say clem- at-is or clema- tis; but,
> we say, "how many would you like?"
> Dan
> btw This year the guys seemed to like Quick Fire as much as the ladies 
> liked
> Pinky Winky
>
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