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Re: [GWL]: Pronunciation & website question



----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie Vassallo" <melaniev@optonline.net>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:57 AM
Subject: RE: [GWL]: Pronunciation & website question


> Good morning,
>
When I asked how to say
> Clematis, Darryl recited a poem. All I remember is the last line but is
was
> "but I would be reMISS if I did not call it ClemaTIS."

This doggerel (or something close to it) was in the Heronswood catalog
(http://www.heronswood.com):

Because it grows on a lattice,
Some people call it CleMATis,
But Mr. Webster will not cease to hiss
Until they call it CLEMatis.

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