Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Spring Sprung, Right on Time.
Despite the fact that snow was still melting on the north side of our house, the songbird's aubade greeted me as I awoke yesterday. That hasn't happened since last summer and so it appears to be a decisive herald of Spring. And, as it turns out, our calendar agreed with the bird on that day. Such synchronicity I find notable.
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Cool use of the word "aubade"! I'm impressed!
Now tell me if you can figure out what this means:
"an appellation of some longitude"
That means a variety of grape that can grow in a considerable range north-to-south. Meaning, it can tolerate cold and hot temperatures.
Mom thinks you're saying that the grape has a shape of some longitude, and I have tried in vain to correct her.
The apparition of some longitude is a quote from a book we're reading, about an adventurer in the Rocky Mountains in about 1835. He met up with a band of Native Americans who were "under the sway of a venerable chief named Yo-mus-ro-y-e-cut; a name which we shall be careful not to inflict oftener than is necessary upon the reader." After reading about several of these chiefs with long names, we came to meet "another chief, likewise distinguished by an appellation of some longitude, O-push-e-cut."
So the phrase means somebody has a long name.
I would have sworn on a stack of bibles that I nailed it.
After looking up the definition of appellation, I see that my explanation is a tad far-fetched. However, to understand my reasoning, refer to definition 2 at http://www.answers.com/appellation&r=67
My notion was that the region in which this grape grows has a large north-to-south span. It's not entirely nonsensical. Although I thought appellation was the name of the grape, not the grape-region title.
Poor Dad, he works so hard!
I recognize full well what you were saying regarding longitude, I simply thought that in addition to that their may have been some subconcious recognition that the grapes too were indeed long, which made you possibly focus more on the n/south thing.
I will look up your link and see why you thought you nailed it.
Ahhh, I looked up your definition, I can see why you thought you had us. . . but old age and treachery prevail, nya, ah, ah.
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