The etymology of the term landscape means to scrape the land. Not much
to do with ecology. Yes, I know that the word has come to mean something
else, but it interferes with public understanding of the fundamental
opposition of landscaping with ecosystems.
It may be futile, but I'm gonna keep
Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote:
The etymology of the term landscape means to scrape the land. Not much
to do with ecology. Yes, I know that the word has come to mean something
else, but it interferes with public understanding of the fundamental
opposition of landscaping with
I fundamentally disagree. I work with words, so meanings are very
important to me, and I do not think there is any popular confusion
between the noun usage of landscape and the verb usage.
So let's try to avoid manufacturing such confusion now.
Later,
Dave
On 5/27/2013 3:15 PM, David L.
note the dates below:
Meaning tract of land with its distinguishing characteristics is from
1886.landscape
(v.)http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=landscapeallowed_in_frame=0
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Look up landscape at
Dictionary.com]http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=landscapeto
lay out lawns, gardens,
Certainly not scientific, and certainly not a random sample of people, but I
asked four of my neighbors today what a landscape was, and what a landscape
ecologist would do. All replied with some version of the planted grounds of a
park, building, or home, and a person who creates such
The word nice used to mean foolish. Etymology is fascinating, but it's
a mistake to think that historical meanings or sources of words constrain
current meanings. See http://www.fallacyfiles.org/etymolog.html and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy .
Jane Shevtsov
On Sun, May 26,
Really? And none of them has ever seen a landscape painting or a
landscape photograph -- that usually features NATURAL landscapes -- or
has a poster of one on their wall? Did you even consider mentioning
that when they seemed confused?
I don't think we can read anything in your survey other
I taught the course for several years to mostly undergrads and it was
typical for students to call it landscaping when they were attempting
to sign up for it. No one had any idea what it was, imagine one
actually reading the course description in the catalog or asking me?
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