Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words Narnia
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
We say "Can't see the forest for the trees". I use both "wood" and "woods", if I use the word at all.
When I think about how I think about groups of trees, I would think of a "wood" or a "woods" as fairly small - say 100 acres. A forest is bigger and older, and wilder. Here in Northern Ontario we refer to "the bush". So I live on 160 acres, mostly bush, with about 10 acres cleared. The bush is made up of conifers and deciduous trees (and tamarack, which is both a conifer and deciduous). The trees are quite large, and the undergrowth tangly, although this is not a requirement!
The phrase "sugar bush" refers to a stand of sugar maples which are tapped for syrup in the spring (which we are doing right now). It's never a "sugar wood" or "sugar woods" or "sugar forest".
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Narnia TEd Remington 03/20/05 11:05 PM Re: Narnia maverick 03/20/05 11:11 PM Re: Narnia Father Steve 03/21/05 01:26 AM Re: Narnia Bridget 03/21/05 02:02 AM Re: Narnia Vernon Compton 03/21/05 03:01 AM Re: Narnia Capfka 03/21/05 09:08 PM Re: Narnia Jackie 03/22/05 01:51 AM Re: Narnia Capfka 03/22/05 07:47 AM Re: Narnia Jackie 03/22/05 04:50 PM Re: Narnia TEd Remington 03/22/05 05:59 PM Re: Narnia Faldage 03/22/05 11:04 AM Re: Narnia Vernon Compton 03/22/05 12:03 PM Re: Narnia Faldage 03/22/05 11:15 PM Re: Narnia Vernon Compton 03/22/05 11:22 PM Re: maaori drums Faldage 03/23/05 11:33 AM Re: Narnia Dgeigh 03/24/05 04:34 AM Re: Narnia TEd Remington 03/24/05 04:44 AM Re: Narnia Capfka 03/24/05 10:21 AM Re: Narnia Jackie 03/24/05 04:16 PM Re: Narnia Capfka 03/24/05 05:35 PM Re: Narnia birdfeed 03/24/05 06:20 PM The bell poem TEd Remington 03/24/05 08:44 PM Re: The bell poem Capfka 03/24/05 10:41 PM Re: The bell poem Jackie 03/25/05 12:44 AM Re: The bell poem birdfeed 03/25/05 08:33 PM Re: Narnia tsuwm 03/21/05 06:46 AM dai gression Jackie 03/21/05 02:23 PM Re: Narnia Elizabeth Creith 03/25/05 03:29 PM Re: Narnia Sparteye 03/21/05 05:10 PM I use both and so did Frost. TheFallibleFiend 03/29/05 02:50 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,345Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 765 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 21ddrinnan 1
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,547tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,918Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org