To: "Bill Thayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Sundial Slang
> Hi Bill: > > Yes, isn't "Horizon Pollution" a great term? I first heard it used by a > friend who is a landscaper/enviromentalist. At the time he was objecting to > the planting of non-native trees in our area. All of our desert trees are > small, never getting over 20 ft. tall. He absolutely hated Italian Cypress > (You know those very tall skinny trees). He said they polluted the horizon and destroyed the natural skyline. > And I thought what a great term to use in dialing! (Who knows, this might > be my little lasting contribution to dialing!) > > I looked at your wonderful website and it is huge! I did a search for > "Obelisk of Agustus" but was unable to locate the sentence where you've > incorporated the phrase. > > Thanks for writing, I'm glad I could help > > John > > John L. Carmichael Jr. > Sundial Sculptures > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > Tucson Arizona 85718 > USA > > Tel: 520-696-1709 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Thayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "John Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: Sundial Slang > > > > As a technical translator, I appreciated your glossary of slang > > (technically, jargon); and "horizon pollution", like many terms of > > technical jargon, is particularly useful: on my Obelisk of Augustus > > page as a non-diallist I'd been groping towards the concept and how > > to express it succinctly. Guess where I've just used it. > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > > > Bill Thayer > > LacusCurtius > > http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman >
