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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: He ain't heavy; he's my pine #63773 04/04/02 04:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: I suspect your seeing roses in "ponderosa" is fallacious. Botanical names are chosen by scientists who seldom record reasons for their choices. In this case it seems likely that the nominating botanist was impressed by the superior size of the specimens he studied. Just as "Bonanza"s Hoss was nicknamed for his size, and the ranch was the Ponderosa for same reason. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted He ain't heavy; he's my pine Wordwind 04/04/02 04:41 PM Re: He ain't heavy; he's my pine Faldage 04/04/02 04:48 PM Re: He ain't heavy; he's my pine wwh 04/04/02 04:59 PM lacking grace or fluency TEd Remington 04/04/02 05:54 PM Re: lacking grace or fluency Faldage 04/04/02 06:00 PM Re: lacking grace or fluency Jackie 04/04/02 07:55 PM Re: lacking grace or fluency Wordwind 04/04/02 10:56 PM Re: He ain't heavy; he's my pine TheFallibleFiend 04/04/02 06:06 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 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 (wofahulicodoc), 787 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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