Linguists! Help!

[MonkeyFunk]

What's a "mallow"?

And what marshes do they grow in?

[AwakeAtLast]

1. Steven Wright, is that you?

:evilgrin:

[MonkeyFunk]

3. Nuh uh...

He's dryer than Barbara Bush's woohoo after a silica-gel douche.

God, I love similes. Or metaphors. I forget. The pot might be involved.

[trof]

11. I like smilies too!

:) :-) x( :-( :( ;-) ;) :o :D

;-)

[wildhorses]

2. why do we park our cars in the driveway and

drive our cars on the parkway:shrug:

[GoneOffShore]

4. You don't need a linguist!

You need a botanist.

(Must...........refrain........... from........... making........... obvious........... joke)


Mallow originates from southern Europe and Asia but has spread all over the world as a common weed. Its cousin, the dwarf mallow (Malva neglecta), is another Eurasian plant that has spread far and wide. Other similar plants in the same family (Malvaceae) are hibiscus and marshmallow. The dried or fresh flowers and leaves of high mallow and dwarf mallow are used as food and medicine.
http://www.vitacost.com/Healthnotes/Herb/Mallow.aspx

added on edit

Missed the other joke - Dooooh.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. oh...

very cunning.

[Deja Q]

6. Since I am a cunning linguist, I can answer this with ease. It's on the tip of my tongue, you know.

:rofl:

"Marshmallow" is one word. It is not "marsh" plus "mallow", as if indicating a new woodland creature that lives in a marsh and tastes all soft and spongey and melts in your mouth... :D

[MonkeyFunk]

7. I hope someday

you get to use your linguistic talents.

[Deja Q]

19. One cannot be talented without practice...

:D

[GoneOffShore]

8. See, I refrained from that one.

I...........have...........more...........self...........control.

[Deja Q]

17. I don't blame you. But I am having more fun!

:7 :evilgrin:

[KitchenWitch]

9. Are you really a cunning linguist?

:evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

16. I won't knock what I haven't tried, but I do like reading dictionaries...

:evilgrin:

[GoneOffShore]

21. I remember that old song from England.

"WPC Sadie Slick, hit me again with your big, black stick.
I'll have a word with you,
When I find my dict-ionary."

(WPC for those who don't know means Woman Police Constable)

[Katina]

10. oooooo

naughty! :evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

14. Hardly. Movies rated PG in 1998 were far naughtier...

:rofl:

[pscot]

12. Mallows

are straggly, fast growing plant with a pink flower that looks kind of like an old rose.

http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/mallow.html

http://www.vitacost.com/Healthnotes/Herb/Mallow.aspx

[MonkeyFunk]

13. sigh...

that reminds me of my Aunt Rose. She was kinda straggly. And thorny.

But to her dying day, her flower was bright pink.

[trof]

15. Silly! Mallows grow on Mars!

[MonkeyFunk]

18. you win

thread closed.

That far surpasses intimations of sexual acts one will never engage in.

[trof]

20. Yeah, I was gettin' edgy.