<-- Crimson Rosella. They seem to like the bopple nut tree that grows through our deck.
How do you pronounce "alias"?
I'm (re-)reading Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace" and Mel and Lovergirl are laughing at my pronunciation.
I say "ah-LYE-uss" but their combined wisdom insists it is "AYE-lee-ass"
Thus far in my life I haven't had much call to say the word aloud, and both Mel and Lovergirl have somewhat more colourful backgrounds than mine, so might have had more cause to use it.
But I find it hard to imagine I might be wrong, as I would trust my linguistic judgement long before theirs.
Mel suggests I should just say "A.K.A. Grace"
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Afraid I'm with Mel & LG on this one: generally, the stress is on the first syllable of a word in English (tho not a prefix).
Bopple nut tree? What the hell is a bopple nut?
Yes, I'm afraid you may have to take on board the fact that you are actually wrong in this instance. I think bopple nut is the most appealing word I've heard in a very long time. Am going to a cocktail do tomorrow night, will see how many times I can drop it into the conversation.
PS can you eat the bopples?
Mel says 'that is an adult male King Parrot'!
bugger
I've been practising aye-lee-us
Aye-lee-us
Aye-lee-us.
Mel, you smartypants twitcher, can't you figure out how to put your name in when you log on?
From fairhillnursery.com: "Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia RED BOPPLE NUT : The brilliant red fruit contains a large nut with a pleasantly flavoured, edible kernel".
It's an endangered tree that happens to grow particularly well in our little microclimate. I didn't know I could eat them. I think the KING PARROTS have eaten them all so I'm too late. But next autumn i'll be there with a basket
I mean spring
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