Re: mallees, marlocks, moorts and yates .....and now mallets.
Margaret and Jane -
Good on yer, mates - many thanks for the info.
Of course, Margaret, you forgot moort - but since you chucked in the
bonus of mallet I'll let you off!
(Not that I'd complain, of course, if the definition of moort came to
mind - and keyboard....)
Sounds as though those marlocks ought to my sort of tree, if they're
> exposed to barren and windswept conditions.
Since we don't, to the best of my knowledge, ever see'em in the UK, I
take it they must be too frost-tender though salt-wind-hardy?
>In fact, the Aboriginal words for
>native plants and animals are much more frequently used in the West than in
>the East. I have no idea [though I could guess] of the reason for this......
Go on - be a devil - tell us what the guess would be...!
>Mallee is a term common to both West and East, but I'm not sure about the
>others. Maybe these trees only grow in WA? we are rather different after
>all.
Mallee gets used quite frequently in the UK (not among 'the general
gardening public' but at least among 'enthusiasts'). None of the
others, though, to the best of my knowledge. Yet we do grow quite a
few WA gums, after all. Odd, isn't it? how some 'popular' terms also
become 'common' and others stay strictly 'local' and almost
semi-private. Not always easy, in either case, to spot why.
Cheers -
Tim
Tim Longville
