I think what is actually interesting here is something that has not even been mentioned. Intelligent commentary is always welcome.too bad some responders are just not capable of it without having to slam someone else.ĭon't worry.I'm sure we will hear back from the troll in chief!! He loves having the last word. The minutiae some small minds like to follow! Then of course there is the issue of how one may focus in on a simple typo and make a big hooha out what is essentially nothing. He never fails reaching for any opportunity he can to elicit a grin at someone else's expense. I also am finding the troll(s) rather tiring and consistently irritating. "a troll is a person who starts f lame wars or intentionally upsets people on the i nternet by posting i nflammatory and digressive, e xtraneous, or o ff-topic messages in an o nline community with the i ntent of provoking readers into displaying e motional responses and normalizing tangential discussion, either for the troll's amusement or a specific gain." It doesn't take any particular insight to see how that applies in several very recent posts. Maybe it might be helpful to look up the definition of what an online troll is and see exactly who of the responders fits that description. As well as listing cactus as arising from the Latin/Greek. Source: The fraggin' Oxford English Dictonary, which is most definitely considered definitive and allows both cactuses and cacti at this time, but considers cactuses a bit less common, albeit completely acceptable. We found English's Blob-like absorption of words and structures amusing to the extreme in most of my classes on the subject. :-)īut cactus certainly is not West Germanic (English's defined parent language group), or Old French (our.well, call it a stepmother). Any native speaker will roll the word "cactus" around in their heads (as I'm doing) and declare it feels "English enough" to simply say "cactuses." Give that one a couple centuries and kiss "cacti" goodbye except as a formal oddity like the genitive case. English likes to absorb other words and make them its own. "In English, and more to the particular the bastardization of the language that is American, cactuses and cacti are both acceptable and commonly used plural forms of cactus." I am now considered a bit of a TC expert in my neighborhood ALL THANKS TO YOU WONDERFUL LADIES AND YOUR VERY GOOD ADVICE!!! ) Sorry if I am a bit repetitive in this thread. All my plants, including this one was purchased from the supermarket Shoprite or Acme. Well, the plants survived somehow and lost it's horrible smell. I bought a small red TC and small pink TC, and while they were still flowering and budding, I transplanted the two small plants in one pot as a gift for my Mom ( eeeks.yes, I know, a big NO NO ), in regular potting soil ( yikes!). The plant did the rest! This plant is one of the first I purchased. I sprayed and gently washed the leaves with a weak solution of dawn and water. Well this plant is doing so well and the leaves no longer wreak of smoke. (3) The less I fuss with the plants, the better they do! (4) Now to update you on the plant I took home from my Mother's that smelled of tobacco/ cigarette smoke. What I have found works best for the gnats, is to refill those plastic apple traps with Apple Cider vinegar and place them near the plants. I have gone about 10 days recently due to the nasty gnats flying around. ![]() (1) I got the watering down pat! I water sparingly about once a week and that seems to be working fine. I am rereading my original post in this thread in Oct of 2016 and chuckling to myself! You all have been so much help and I just wanted to share with you what is working for my TCs and update you. Hi to all! Just wanted to update everyone.
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