Help with a non-vocabulary word
skibby (zone 4 Vermont)
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Comments (167)Here's a word that may spawn some discussion: Cultivar, a cultivated variety. Sounds simple enough, but what is it exactly? The definition doesn't seem to be fixed. A variety is "a subdivision of a species having a distinct though often inconspicuous difference, and breeding true to that difference. More generally refers to clones." There was a question about a serviceberry on the Shrubs Forum recently, and someone who posted on this thread said that a named variety may not be a clone but rather a selection from a whole similiar collection of plants, which could fit the definition of a cultivated variety, if those plants breed true. However, I thought this was rather confusing. For example, if I bought the sweetshrub "Athens", I would expect it to be a clone of the same plant that Mrs. Symmes introduced to Michael Dirr, or at least have all of the same attributes that the plant is valued for. I would not be happy with a green-flowered plant with no fragrance for example (which is what I got when I bought an "Athens")....See MoreMaeve's vocabulary
Comments (14)Not familiar w/'show me', but 'leave it' is well ingrained in my little beagle and has been from the start. 'Leave it' applies to both something of interest in her path and something she might have in her jaws - so far, it works. Just a note - for us, NO means NEVER and should not be overused and impact diluted. I use other utterances ... off, away, eehhh, etc ...... to distract and redirect when NO/(never) isn't applicable. End result is that when I emphatically say NO, it is respected. I use 'here' (with a pat on a surface or finger point) rather than 'come' - just personal style and it works for us. My Katie is an only dog, so has no role models. In and out of the dog door was accomplished w/two people - one one each side - and lots of treats, but was a fast learned art (like about 20 minutes!). Now she's a real, fast and loose threat to wayward squirrels in the backyard. Since Katie was home raised w/children before she came home w/me, she already had the 'fetch and return' down pat. I love your rug tunnel play, never thought of that myself! On another purely play note, Katie is a definite AFV winning contender for her gymnastics chasing a laser spot around my house - just need a good videographer! Fun w/puppies stuff is just soooo fun! Back to a serious note, way back when, when taking my former beagle (Ziggy) thru obedience classes, best lesson we both learned was the life saving 'drop on command' "DOWN" - an automatic down/stay maneuver. That lesson literally saved Ziggy more than once when she broke leash and hightailed it. Katie is pretty good w/that now, but still needs work (she's such a princess!). Maeve is sooooo very cute and so lucky to have you for a Mom and lots of siblings! Carry on - :o)...See MoreA word about labor....okay, maybe a few words
Comments (131)The thing is, people are people and a person's gender should NEVER be used to judge them by. You say the young women you see are far too bold - OK we were having a discussion on women so I said that the timid mouse image that was being painted is not my experience so the statement of too bold applied to women only because we were talking about women. There was no statement about men at all, so don't infer it. I never said or even implied that the behavior is any different than young college men or that it is more acceptable in men. In fact, I said both young men and women were too bold. Since the innuendo is getting me in trouble, the statement is probably going to get me hung but what the hell. I was specifically talking about the all too popular trend of asking any guy you like for d#ck pics, and reciprocating with topless photos. I get a few drunk pics of some guys junk several times a year. Believe me, I think they are too bold also. I never said that bias doesn't exist. I am just referring to the evidence that all biases seem to be lessening, thus studies centered around younger adults may be more relevant. There is still plenty of every bias to go around. You guys are really looking for a fight, that quite frankly, I don't want to be in. So you win. Risk aversion/acceptance varies widely within the genders and I suspect that women may be, on average, more risk averse than men. - Let me explain in greater detail. EVERYONE has different risk appetite. Older people are more risk averse than younger, poor people are less risk averse than the upper middle class, different races have different risk tolerance, different geographic areas have different risk tolerance, and all of those are gross generalizations. The reason why risk doesn't matter between men and women isn't that they don't have different risk tolerance, it is that everyone has different risk tolerance. So the first thing you learn in finance is establishing acceptable risk. There is no right answer. As long as the desired rewards match the risk, you are right. As investors both men and women learn about the market (become sophisticated), we usually see risk seekers temper their desire to make it big in the market, and we see risk avoiders start to focus more on the rewards, realizing that complete risk aversion may not achieve their goals. In the end, the two sides, whether they be race, gender, or just personality, get reasonably close together. So what I am saying is there really is no issue for gender to effect. Once you have a risk appetite that you are comfortable with, you control for it. Controlling for it simply means selecting the investments that will most likely get you to your goal at your stated risk and realizing that not every investment needs to be at your risk appetite....See MoreWhat unusual words are part of your vocabulary?
Comments (74)Lovely words today! I'd never heard slumgullion, ever! And there are recipes for it posted on the 'net! One that I love but isn't really common enough for general speech is obfusc. Even the dictionaries are unclear [teehee] on the word, though obfuscation is in general use. (Obfusc has a general meaning of murkily dark, though it has some kind of special meaning in music) Then there's subfusc, which means dully dark or dusky. Drab (in its coloration meaning) :) It is also what they call the academic dress at Oxford and other universities that have robes and uniforms. Arcane is particularly useful if your audience knows it, but it's not easily discerned from context. And an appropriate description of these words. :) Remonstrate Macerate Masticate Gesticulate Pseudobulb Syllabub Shortfall Windfall Deluge Disarticulate Disgorge...See Moreskibby (zone 4 Vermont)
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