Re: OT-CHAT: Names Beginning with "S"
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: Names Beginning with "S"
- From: w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 10:07:04 -0500
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> > From: wmoores@watervalley.net
> > wondering why so many iris names
> > start with the letter 's.'
>
> Walter,
>
> It is merely an artifact of the language - more words in English begin
> with "S" than with any other letter, because "S" combines with more
> other letters than any other consonant.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone
> 7) jcwalters@bridgernet.com
And, I guess it is a 'selective' thing, too, when one decides on a
name. You choose to use an 's.' S's in surnames are as
productive, too. Here lately, in naming irises, I have tried to steer
away from s's because there are too many and w's.....w's for sake
of the AIS Ballot in the TB category. Judges may run out of votes
when they get to the w's. Used to be more of a problem than it is
now since the formula has been changed. Maybe every other year
names on the ballot should be in reverse alphabetical order.
I have noticed more phrases becoming iris names.
CHANGE YOUR WAYS
COME WHAT MAY
COLOR ME BLUE
LOOKING FOR LOVE
THINK PINK
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA (A first for me --- using a 'command'
(imperative sentence) as an iris name).
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