zozo
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Interarboration...
What it means is in the picture and it rang an Aquascaping bell...
Interarboration Inspiration? Maybe?
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Learned a new English word today...
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Interarboration...
What it means is in the picture and it rang an Aquascaping bell...
Interarboration Inspiration? Maybe?
Oldguy
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Thats a new word for me too. Noun. interarboration (uncountable) (nonce word) The interweaving of branches of trees. I think we have seen a few aquascapes that mirror this as a theme. Could prove difficult for tank maintenance. Can Hobbits live under water?
Hi all,
I've always called these <"tree tunnels">, but from now on its interarboration all the way for me.
cheers Darrel
New word for me as well.
I've always called these <"tree tunnels">, but from now on its interarboration all the way for me.
cheers Darrel
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zozo
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This is a work in the making from the British sculptor David John Nash it seems...
livesretold.co.uk
Now, this must be Interarboratism? Or just Interarboratistic?
David John Nash — LIVES RETOLD
livesretold.co.uk
Now, this must be Interarboratism? Or just Interarboratistic?
With my ability to aquascaping I'm afraid interarboration may quickly turn into interaberration
zozo
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zozo
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An aquarium with low light or at times illuminated by twilight.
Is a scape 'Crepusculine'...
'Crepuscular' actually is a zoological term, referring to animals (also fish) which are active primarily at dawn or dusk or both.
www.thefreedictionary.com
Is a scape 'Crepusculine'...
'Crepuscular' actually is a zoological term, referring to animals (also fish) which are active primarily at dawn or dusk or both.
crepuscular
Definition, Synonyms, Translations of crepuscular by The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com
New for me too, and Google, I always referred to them as tree cathedrals
Interarboration...
What it means is in the picture and it rang an Aquascaping bell...
Interarboration Inspiration? Maybe?
zozo
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FLOSCULOUS! 😘
Something flosculous is anything covered with flowers or blossoms.
(botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets. Such as the Cherry tree will be rather flosculous next month.
Something flosculous is anything covered with flowers or blossoms.
(botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets. Such as the Cherry tree will be rather flosculous next month.
zozo
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These words are not new to me "Dyke" and "Ditch".
But still, learned something new!?
What I never realized is both seemingly are different things a dyke is a mound and a ditch is a trench but still both are etymologically equivalent to 1 old Germanic word "Dikaz". In old English, it was 'Dic' for both and over time changed into Dyke and Ditch.
Thinking about it, it's rather obvious... You can't make a dyke without digging a ditch first, the construction goes hand in hand and is one and the same.
But still, learned something new!?
What I never realized is both seemingly are different things a dyke is a mound and a ditch is a trench but still both are etymologically equivalent to 1 old Germanic word "Dikaz". In old English, it was 'Dic' for both and over time changed into Dyke and Ditch.
Thinking about it, it's rather obvious... You can't make a dyke without digging a ditch first, the construction goes hand in hand and is one and the same.
Dyke or Dike is also know as a dry stone wall in Scotland!
mrhoyo
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Does it also have a less than PC meaning elsewhere or is it a northern thing?
John q
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In planted tanks dosing glutaraldehyde could be likened to "putting one's finger in the dyke"
And for anybody smirking, that's not meant in the slang term.
And for anybody smirking, that's not meant in the slang term.
zozo
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Yes, this also goes for other Western Germanic languages where the cognate is lost or separated and a wall or a mound without any ditch near also became a dike. In the German language, the 'Teich' is actually the same but nowadays refers to a pond.
I'm more referring to ancient times when the Vikings, Angels and Saxons came to England and brought their language and established their settlements by digging ditches and creating dikes.
The verb 'to Dig' actually has the exact same origin, Dig, Ditch and Dike are ancient cognates from the old English 'Dic'.
At that time the dude in the image was "Dīcian" while making the "Dīc".
zozo
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Hans!
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates - Wikipedia
American origin but the saga is adopted by the Dutch as the 'Hero of Harlem' and even gave him a bronze statue. But it never really happened.
John q
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Amazing what you learn in off topic/ chit - chat.
Spent a few hours today reading about Anglo-Saxon history and Offa of Mercia.
History of Offa’s Dyke
A brief history and description of Offa's Dyke, one of the most impressive Anglo-Saxon structures surviving in England.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
zozo
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It's funny, isn't it... Those ancient peoples were prolific diggers constructions like this are found all over the place in Europe. We have one a few minutes walk near my place too, nowadays referred to as the Land Grave. Initially, it was thought it was simply eroded sunken roads scattered all over the area. Some are paved today and others are in the forests and fields. Later archaeological studies revealed that they were all connected and stretched as a massive ditch for over 30km long as a defensive line. Some evidence suggests it must have been dug in the iron age somewhere around 55 BC because they found quite some Germanic/Keltic and Roman artefacts in and around it. And also much later evidence that it was maintained and still used as a defensive line into the 15th century. After that, it lost its function and purpose and nature took over.
Remarkable, a man-made 30km Dic was occasionally kept in use for 15 centuries as a fortification and then almost forgotten because the industrial revolution changed the landscape and hid it away.
PARAGUAY
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I guess it's from the middle ages Pannage: historical Permission to feed pigs in a Wood, origin French meaning pasturing