Have you gotten you rabid replies mixed up, Moll?
Your rant has absolutely no relevance to the topic at hand.
Moll McCarty <mollymc at wi.rr.com> wrote in message news:SMtY7.154537$8w3.33604581 at typhoon.kc.rr.com...
And if, indeed , you have suceeeded in proving that very Case, I Will Stand Corrected. I ADD MITT! it. I make mistakes. And you do not, you arrogant piss ant?
I really haven't followed through on all the the subtleties of these most pleasurable arguments which you have presented here. I will do so, at my, ah, le''-ah-shur'. (I am trying to get over to you to the British intonation of that one word, 'leisure'. Perhaps from a very high strata of the British Royal Family's intonation, even, but, then again, what do I know? I am an American. And, after all, I should know a little bit about men who come here from foreign Countries. I ~was~ one of the Leisure Escort Girls here in Milwaukee, just for one night. It was SOOO very similar to the Fine Arts Modeling I had been doing for the local Fine Art Departments, for our local Sketch Clubs, here. I just HAD to try it. Plus! You can make more money by hooking than by standing still!
You Can't Do Business Sitting On Your Ass.
Molly McCarty
Secretary Emeritus
Phoenix Tires Enterprises
"Cereoid*" <cereoid at prodigy.net> wrote in message news:Do0Y7.5491$8n3.1393822951 at newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
> You're still wrong, Moll.
>
> *****************
>
> Dear Moll, interesting anecdote but not relevant to the present topic.
>
> The plural of Crocus is Croci? That's a good one! I would have proven the
> nuns wrong.
>
> Another way to look at it is to consider that Cactus was originally proposed
> as a generic name by Linnaeus in 1753 and generic names are to be spelled
> the same whether singular or plural. Botanical Latin is not the same as
> classical Latin.
>
> http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/nomenclature/code/tokyo-e/Contents.htm
>
> Latin is not at all the dead language many assume. It is at the root of many
> words in common parlance, many product brand names and especially scientific
> jargon.
>
>
> Moll McCarty <mollymc at wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:kOIX7.150451$RP1.30157613 at typhoon.kc.rr.com...
> > Most interesting. And yet, as we have found here in Wisconsin Tradition,
> the
> > sounds of most all words do not correspond to the written, proper, or
> common
> > usage. i would venture to say that this is what has differentiated us hear
> > from our computers.
> > Furthermore, I might add, not to appear off the track of this thread, that
> > when my Father taught me how to shoot my Mother's 22 Rifle, off the back
> > porch at the age of eight, we aimed for an Oxydol box set about 100 yards
> > out, parked in a back swamp adjoining our lot. He told me 'Moll, Just Go
> for
> > the Os'. that's all I needed to hear, not all this body mechanics stuff
> that
> > my Golfing Buddies are into, in order to nail that box.
> > We sorta practice Oral Traditons around here. I have overheard the word
> > 'Cacti' at our local County Propagation Center where I did a Seasonal
> grunt
> > gig as low man on the totem pole. I know for a fact that the word Croci is
> > the plural of the word Crocus, I had to look it up as a spelling word as a
> > child. Those Nuns can be tough on you! Therefore, by extrapolation, would
> it
> > not seem to make sense that the plural of Cactus is Cacti, at least as
> > commonly expressed in the State I live in, Wisconsin? Of course, going
> > beyond all regionalisms here, you'd have to use the Proper term in Latin
> to
> > REALLY know what you're saying. And who speaks Latin anymore? Isn't it a
> g*d
> > d*amn dead language? (Papa steered me towards the study of the Spanish
> > Language. He said I'd have a halfway decent chance of using it,
> considering
> > global trends as foreseen, perhaps only by him, in 1968.)
> > I figure, to become a decent Hort, I gotta learn both Spanish & Latin,
> > conversationally. My future Work Crew Members & my Plant Ordering sources
> > both clearly require this of me.
> > And what sayest Thou to dat?
> >
> > Molly McCarty
> > Secretary
> > Ray McCarty & Sons Construction Co.
> > Kaukauna, WI
> >
> > "Cereoid*" <cereoid at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> > news:_4pX7.7858$c_5.1139776618 at newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
> > > Sorry Moll, but the plural of cactus is cactus. Same as the Greek word
> > upon
> > > which it is based (Kaktos). Cacti is the old family name used for the
> > plants
> > > by Jussieu which is now correctly Cactaceae. Even though cacti has long
> > been
> > > used as the plural for cactus, it is grammatically incorrect and
> improper.
> > >
> > > Being listed in the dictionary does not denote proper usage, only the
> > common
> > > usage of words. You will find "ain't" in the dictionary too but that
> does
> > > not make the word grammatically acceptable.
> > >
> > > Beware of "common sense", it is usually wrong.
> > >
> > >
> > > Moll McCarty <mollymc at wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4BnX7.146867$RP1.28919430 at typhoon.kc.rr.com...
> > > > For one thing, Master Wheeler, the plural of Cactus is NOT cactus. The
> > > > plural of Cactus is Cacti. Look it up before you decide to publish yet
> > > > another psuedo scientific paper on the Internet, as though you knew it
> > > all.
> > > > Now, i will resume reading the rest of what you have written. In that,
> > in
> > > my
> > > > lifetime, I have not yet been afforded a scientific backround in the
> > > Natural
> > > > Sciences as "detailed" as yours, I quite enjoy the reading of it, from
> > > your
> > > > head to mine, as it were.
> > > > Moll
> > > >
> > > > "Cereoid*" <cereoid at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:DySW7.2144$gK6.460220528 at newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> > > > > More misleading hyperbole for the mass media?
> > > > >
> > > > > Charophytes as the link between green algae and land plant is not a
> > new
> > > > idea
> > > > > at all. All the DNA study did was confirm what was already known.
> > > > >
> > > > > Charophytes are more closely allied to mosses and liverworts than
> they
> > > are
> > > > > to green algae.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Daniel B. Wheeler <dwheeler at ipns.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:6dafee1b.0112262324.3d6a5242 at posting.google.com...
> > > > > > From The Oregonian, Dec. 26, 2001, p B1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Botanical missing link identified, says report on plant genealogy
> > > > > > Redwoods and roses, cactus and carnations all owe their existence
> to
> > > > > > a land plant that emerged from a pond about 470 million years ago,
> a
> > > > > > study indicates.
> > > > > > By studying gene sequences of common freshwater algae, researchers
> > > > > > have traced the family tree and identified a group of pioneering
> > algae
> > > > > > that are the closest living relatives of the first land plants.
> > > > > > This mother of all land plants is a close cousin of the stonewort,
> a
> > > > > > type of algae that thrives in ponds and streams, scientists from
> the
> > > > > > University of maryland and the Academy of Natural Sciences in
> > > > > > Philadelphia said. They reported their findings in the Dec. 14
> issue
> > > > > > of the journal Science.
> > > > > > The common ancestor of all land plants has been extinct for more
> > than
> > > > > > 400 million years and hasn't been identified in the fossil record.
> > The
> > > > > > scientists studied the DNA sequences of four genes from 40
> different
> > > > > > plants and algae to trace the lineage.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Posted as a courtesy by
> > > > > > Daniel B. Wheeler
> > > > > > www.oregonwhitetruffles.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> Moll McCarty <mollymc at wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:a0pue9$1q9$1 at mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk...
> >
> > For one thing, Master Wheeler, the plural of Cactus is NOT cactus. The
> > plural of Cactus is Cacti. Look it up before you decide to publish yet
> > another psuedo scientific paper on the Internet, as though you knew it
> all.
> > Now, i will resume reading the rest of what you have written. In that,
> > in my
> > lifetime, I have not yet been afforded a scientific backround in the
> Natural
> > Sciences as "detailed" as yours, I quite enjoy the reading of it, from
> your
> > head to mine, as it were.
> > Moll
> >
> > "Cereoid*" <cereoid at prodigy.net> wrote in message
> > news:DySW7.2144$gK6.460220528 at newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> > > More misleading hyperbole for the mass media?
> > >
> > > Charophytes as the link between green algae and land plant is not a new
> > idea
> > > at all. All the DNA study did was confirm what was already known.
> > >
> > > Charophytes are more closely allied to mosses and liverworts than they
> are
> > > to green algae.
> > >
> > >
> > > Daniel B. Wheeler <dwheeler at ipns.com> wrote in message
> > > news:6dafee1b.0112262324.3d6a5242 at posting.google.com...
> > > > From The Oregonian, Dec. 26, 2001, p B1
> > > >
> > > > Botanical missing link identified, says report on plant genealogy
> > > > Redwoods and roses, cactus and carnations all owe their existence to
> > > > a land plant that emerged from a pond about 470 million years ago, a
> > > > study indicates.
> > > > By studying gene sequences of common freshwater algae, researchers
> > > > have traced the family tree and identified a group of pioneering algae
> > > > that are the closest living relatives of the first land plants.
> > > > This mother of all land plants is a close cousin of the stonewort, a
> > > > type of algae that thrives in ponds and streams, scientists from the
> > > > University of maryland and the Academy of Natural Sciences in
> > > > Philadelphia said. They reported their findings in the Dec. 14 issue
> > > > of the journal Science.
> > > > The common ancestor of all land plants has been extinct for more than
> > > > 400 million years and hasn't been identified in the fossil record. The
> > > > scientists studied the DNA sequences of four genes from 40 different
> > > > plants and algae to trace the lineage.
> > > >
> > > > Posted as a courtesy by
> > > > Daniel B. Wheeler
> > > > www.oregonwhitetruffles.com
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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