Re: HYB:Iris names
- Subject: Re: [iris] HYB:Iris names
- From: l* <l*@paulbunyan.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 04 22:30:45 -0600
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
>There are some seriously fun naming ideas in your email, Neil!
>
>FUN DILLY
>CASUAL VISITOR
>DARNED ORIGINAL
>BETCHA A NICKEL
You missed a few, Catherine. How abou>
>Neil A Mogensen wrote:
>
>>Right up there near the top of the Burseen/Kasperak competition would have to
>>be Sterling Innerst. His use of an adjective-noun combination is a dilly and
>>a fun dilly at that. "Ominous Stranger"---hmmmm. I've met a few.
"Anxiously
>>Forward"---yup. Been there, done that. More than once too.
>>
>>But with "Innirishow," I've never been real sure just how that was to be
>>pronounced. It's clever, and darned original, but oh my...the furled brow of
>>the casual garden visitor over that label.....that has got to be something to
>>behold.
>>
>>Then at the same time he has delightfully mainline names like "Foreign
>>Statesman" and "Concise."
>>
>>I'm just waiting for someone to come out with "Homeland Security." Betcha a
>>nickel it hasn't been used.....yet.
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