[NatureNS] Fossil of oldest pine tree discovered in NS quarry

From: James King <jamesking@eastlink.ca>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:06:38 -0400
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OK, point taken, thanks.

Jim

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> On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:54 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote:
>=20
> On 3/10/2016 12:41 PM, James King wrote:
>> I would respectfully disagree regarding the =E2=80=9Cvulgarism=E2=80=9D=
 argument. The
>> use of =E2=80=9CScotch=E2=80=9D is widespread throughout both =
Scotland and Canada and
>> was used extensively by the bard, Robbie Burns, himself. John Kenneth
>> Galbraith wrote a book called =E2=80=9CThe Scotch=E2=80=9D about his =
antecedents who
>> settled around Lake Erie and the term was and still is widely used in
>> Glengarry county and environs in Upper Canada.
>=20
> * I'm not commenting on the term 'Scotch' in general - just on what I =
was taught about the choice between the terms in the common name of P. =
sylvestris. "Scots Pine" gets 551,000 google hits, "Scotch Pine" 399,000 =
- most of the "Scotch Pine" hits on the first page, however, express the =
opinion that "Scots Pine" is the preferred name.
>=20
> fred.
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>>=20
>>=20
>>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:12 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca
>>> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> On 3/10/2016 11:43 AM, D W Bridgehouse wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> Is there a diff between Scots Pine and Scotch Pine ?? we have =
scotch
>>>> pine in NS do we not ??
>>>=20
>>> * Pinus sylvestris - "Scotch" is regarded as a vulgarism because of
>>> the resemblance to the beverage.
>>>=20
>>> fred.
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>         Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
>>> Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
>>> Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
>>> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
>>>   RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
>>>  on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>>>   (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca <http://istar.ca>>
>>> http://pinicola.ca/
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>=20
>=20
> --=20
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>          Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
> Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
> Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
>    RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
>   on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>    (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
> ------------------------------------------------------------


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class=3D"">On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:54 PM, Fred Schueler &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca" class=3D"">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On 3/10/2016 12:41 PM, James King wrote:<br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">I would respectfully =
disagree regarding the =E2=80=9Cvulgarism=E2=80=9D argument. The<br =
class=3D"">use of =E2=80=9CScotch=E2=80=9D is widespread throughout both =
Scotland and Canada and<br class=3D"">was used extensively by the bard, =
Robbie Burns, himself. John Kenneth<br class=3D"">Galbraith wrote a book =
called =E2=80=9CThe Scotch=E2=80=9D about his antecedents who<br =
class=3D"">settled around Lake Erie and the term was and still is widely =
used in<br class=3D"">Glengarry county and environs in Upper Canada.<br =
class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">* I'm not commenting on the term =
'Scotch' in general - just on what I was taught about the choice between =
the terms in the common name of P. sylvestris. "Scots Pine" gets 551,000 =
google hits, "Scotch Pine" 399,000 - most of the "Scotch Pine" hits on =
the first page, however, express the opinion that "Scots Pine" is the =
preferred name.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">fred.<br =
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