Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 09:37
Wow!!!
Firstly I am not a pedant, I don't care what you call spinifex.
I think you may have misunderstood my post completely. I was just offering a little snippet of
information and having a bit of a fun debate. Hence the smiley faces.
Sorry you saw my post as an attack on Willem. I would not do that.
Thanks for your offer to clarify my position.
My position is this-
I love EO and the
forum. I love the free exchange of
information and opinion that occurs here. I was adding a little note re spiinifex....just a little piece of
information I learned along the way in this life. Sorry if you saw it differently. I will not and never have attacked Willem or anyone else.
Sorry I didn't respond in a timely manner. I have a business to run and sometimes I don't read the posts here for weeks
Below is further clarification using quotes from my previous post.
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I've found a more literal translation. Pila is just one word a large group of Aboriginal People including the Pila Ngaru (so called Spinifex people) use.
Pila describes the low plains covered in hummock grass, the areas between dunes. So I guess the Pila Ngaru call themselves people of the hummock grass plains.
But Willie if it makes you feel better, you can call them Spinifex. :-)
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Note the use of smiley. Note the Cheers!
To further clarify. Pila describes the land type, so though Triodia grows on sandhills, the Pila Ngaru consider themselves people of the hummock grass plains, not people of the sandhills covered in hummock grass. My point was simply that you can't say because we translate Pila to spinifex, that we are right. There are many words describing spinifex country in a single aboriginal language. So Pila Ngaru in my view are people of the hummock grass plains. If your prefer to call hummock grass spinifex, then you will call them people of the spinifex plains...feel free....I don't care what anyones calls the stuff. I was just adding to the flow of
information on this
forum. :-):-) The smileys here mean I am not atttacking you, and I mean the above to be read in good humour.
Another quote from my earlier post
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Not my idea mate, I am just quoting the botanists, same as Mr Pearson did.
Unfortunately my influence doesn't extent to the naming of genera or species, I have to put up with whatever the botanists called em :-) and Triodia is it. Not sure of the latin root of the word, but it may refer to the divided nature of the hummocks. ie that the grass isn't a continuous cover.
tribuo : to give out, divide, allot, assign, grant, give, allow.
tricesimus : triduana : lasting three days.
triduana : lasting three days.
triduanus : three days' duration, lasting three days.
triduum : a period of three days
From Wikipedia
Spinifex may refer to:
Spinifex, a species of grass that grows in coastal areas of Australia.
Spinifex, Triodia, a hummock grass of arid Australia, covering twenty per cent of the Australian continent. Although not technically Spinifex, it is commonly referred to as such.
So feel free to refer to it as such :-)
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Note use of word mate
Note use of smilies.
There is no taxonomic term hummock grass, it is a common name. I used it to differentiate from Spinifex sp. which is a real genus.
Spinifex (genus)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Spinifex (coastal))
Spinifex grass
Spinifex longifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Spinifex
L.
Species
S. sericeus - Beach Spinifex
This article is about an Australian coastal grass species. For the grass species of arid Australia, also commonly referred to as Spinefex, see Triodia (plant genus).
Unlike the plants of the related genus Triodia, Spinifex species are found only in wet habitats along coastlines. It is often planted along coastal regions, in snow drifts and to bind sand along the seashore.
I am sorry if anyone was offended by my earlier posts. Maybe I need to use more smilies.
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Follow Up By: Des Lexic - Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:36
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:36
:-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
:D))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
David / Justine very diplomatic
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 15:50
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 15:50
Wow indeed, and it looks like I owe you an apology, David.
Apparently there are some 67 species of spinifex, but only a couple of species of Spinifex.( I had overlooked the capital S in your original post.)
Your smiley faces don't appear on my screen. Maybe my pedantic nature scared 'em off. Or maybe I just did't look closely enough.
Yes I did totally misunderstand your post. I read it as an attempt to banish the word 'spinifex' from arid grasslands, and that would be a shame.
I suppose 'cheers' would appear out of place? Happy travels, Jeff.
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Follow Up By: David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along - Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 18:23
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 18:23
Cheers to you too. And thanks for the warning about smileys not appearing. I will keep that in mind.
Cheers and happy travels as
well.
David
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Follow Up By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 19:35
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007 at 19:35
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