Feb-03-2011, 03:21 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Feb-03-2011, 03:23 PM (UTC) by Farseer.)
Who is the flagpole for 'thul?
As for our previous discussion re forests, it seems that my minimal usage and definition of the term is likely to be due to a bit of a regional quirk, like 'crawchie'. I possibly tend to call all Australian treed areas 'scrub' because I grew up in a region covered in what is known as gidyea scrub!!
In the context of Nuytsia's pictured example, I must admit that I would probably still term it 'scrub' in an everyday conversation or context eg "Do you want to go for a walk through the scrub?". If I were speaking to someone in a very formal manner though, and drawing specific attention to the types of trees that dominated the area, I would most likely term it a forest but only in conjunction with a preceding adjective such as Eucalypt eg "Such beauty is found in our unique, Eucalypt forests."
Strangely (though I seem to do many things strangely...but don't feel as if you must agree!), I would also formally term the region far to the north of us as 'forest country' but that's just because it's the title for that land type, just as our flat, rolling, mostly treeless country is called the 'Downs country'.
Moving on...
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A friend came back from Tasmania and, while she didn't mention anything about fast-moving clouds, she was in awe of the massive, straight trees there. Is your forest yours to use, Nuytsia, or is it National Park or owned by someone else?
I must agree with 'thul...it is a nice bit of scrub-cum-forest you have there!
As for our previous discussion re forests, it seems that my minimal usage and definition of the term is likely to be due to a bit of a regional quirk, like 'crawchie'. I possibly tend to call all Australian treed areas 'scrub' because I grew up in a region covered in what is known as gidyea scrub!!
In the context of Nuytsia's pictured example, I must admit that I would probably still term it 'scrub' in an everyday conversation or context eg "Do you want to go for a walk through the scrub?". If I were speaking to someone in a very formal manner though, and drawing specific attention to the types of trees that dominated the area, I would most likely term it a forest but only in conjunction with a preceding adjective such as Eucalypt eg "Such beauty is found in our unique, Eucalypt forests."
Strangely (though I seem to do many things strangely...but don't feel as if you must agree!), I would also formally term the region far to the north of us as 'forest country' but that's just because it's the title for that land type, just as our flat, rolling, mostly treeless country is called the 'Downs country'.
Moving on...
...A friend came back from Tasmania and, while she didn't mention anything about fast-moving clouds, she was in awe of the massive, straight trees there. Is your forest yours to use, Nuytsia, or is it National Park or owned by someone else?
I must agree with 'thul...it is a nice bit of scrub-cum-forest you have there!
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