Re: Gay's Observations
Gay Klok wrote:
> Sean,
> Not only did your wife learn 10 Latin names a day, you also learnt that
> compromise is a large part of a good marriage.
> And I tell you something else, once you reach my age and have planted
> hundreds of plants, you yell "Thank you" to the Heavens, when you can
> remember the common name ! It is funny, the amnesia descends immediately
> when you hear the words, "Can you tell me the name of this plant?" but if the
> ancient brain shifts a key and like a bolt of lighting the common name is
> sorted out from the millions, then it is immediately followed by the latin
> name rushing onto your tongue. Common names are important too and in many
> instances, just like the flowers, have a unique charm!
> Just you wait, Henry Higginses LOL
Hi Gay
Just to say "hear hear" to both paragraphs of this posting.
>From another "ancient"!!!!
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
