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Hi All, May 30, 2013
And to add a further twist, my huge 1914 Webster's defines 'unshell' as
v.t. to strip the shell from; to take out of the shell.
Yt, DW
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From: "Annabelle Thiebaux" <hamst@xplornet.com>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: Shelled/Unshelled
> OK, but English is a language of usage too.
>
> On 30/05/13 10:49 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
>> These words have different meanings to some. I take "shelled" as having
>> had the shells removed (peas, oysters, etc) and "unshelled" as still
>> having the shells on. I see from the dictionary that "shelled" can have
>> my meaning but it can also mean "having or enclosed in a shell" which is
>> quite the opposite.
>>
>> Perhaps we should avoid using these words.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
>> On 30/05/2013 9:45 AM, Peter Payzant wrote:
>>> We use the same product from the same source. The birds, especially
>>> the woodpeckers, love them.
>>>
>>> Our feeder is a perforated metal cylinder and while the starlings do
>>> get on it from time to time, it seems to be an effort for them to hold
>>> on and they don't spend nearly as much time there as the woodpeckers do.
>>>
>>> It's a riot seeing a Hairy Woodpecker taking his/her time eating the
>>> peanuts, while a Downy flies back and forth impatiently waiting for
>>> the Hairy to leave. And this extends downward to nuthatches, waiting
>>> for the Downy to finish.
>>>
>>> Peter Payzant
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2013-05-30 9:27 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
>>>> Sorry. That should have read "shelled"
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>>> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
>>>> On 30/05/2013 9:13 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
>>>>> I use unshelled, whole, unsalted peanuts that I get from the Bulk
>>>>> Barn (the cheapest kind there). My peanut feeder is always busy
>>>>> with woodpeckers, chickadees and starlings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don
>>>
>>
>>
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