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Re: Nominative determinism
I'll add to it. When I went to Oregon State University, there was
horticulture professor emeritus Bouquet; one of the teachers was Prof.
Crabtree; and the head of the horticulture dept. at that time was Dr. Apple.
-Lon Rombough
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>From: GardenLit@aol.com
>To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>Subject: Re: [GWL]: Nominative determinism
>Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2002, 6:55 AM
>
>You wouldn't believe how many eponymous examples are out there in the garden
>literature. I have a whole folder of post-its with authors names that relate
>to their individual work (hey, I have to amuse myself somehow slogging my way
>through and indexing thousands of articles you write, 37000 in my database).
>The name itself is not enough to warrant a place in my file, there are too
>many Greens, Fields, Roots, Woodlands, etc. Haven't thought of a good use for
>this file yet, here's a quick sampling I hope will amuse (if you're one of
>the authors I hope you're not offended)
>
>Bob Flowerdew, Companion planting
>Jacqueline Sparrow, The return of the dovecote
>Sheila Overy, Sex in your garden
>Patricia Waterfall, Irrigation tune up
>Ezra Haggard, restoring Victorian porches
>
>It's the silly season of Cabin Fever!
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