"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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In article , Brian
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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Or perhaps just accept that common names are not accurate as different
people in different areas of the country apply them to different
things?
Which plant do you know as gillyflower, for example?


Thank you Kay~~ I do know the Gillyflower and still have my HLI
kilt!
And I was frequently ignored at dances.

So you agree with me on that one .. first person I've met to do so. It
seems most people mean pink when they say gillyflower, and some use the
name for sweet williams.

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Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

I don't think I do agree. Those who thought otherwise were simply wrong.
There is no other flower called 'Gillyflower' or you would not agree I was
correct. I would suspect that wrong names for the Gillyflower have only been
given when being questioned. This has been its name since Gaelic times and
is still in use.
We might use the wrong name at times but that proves only that we were
wrong!
Horsetail and Mare's-tail as names, go back hundreds of years~~ long before
Carl Lin. That only the mare's-tail is a flowering plant was only discovered
relatively recently~~200yrs.
Back to the original posting. Pre-suppose she really meant Mare's-tail~~
how would we have responded without being wrong?
Regards Brian 'flayb' to respond.