http://www.othatsherry.com/nature-word-extinction-blackberry/ Read. Travel. Write. Thu, 14 Nov 2019 01:03:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.37 http://www.othatsherry.com/nature-word-extinction-blackberry/#comment-930 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:23:57 +0000 http://www.othatsherry.com/?p=3168#comment-930 Hi Jon, I am so glad you enjoyed the piece as well. I am all with you on the need to understand and have affection for nature. Well said! Personally, I think something is amiss if for someone who has never had the chance to fall into a pile of crunchy autumn leaves, or breathe in a chestful of freshly mown grass smell — agree?

]]> http://www.othatsherry.com/nature-word-extinction-blackberry/#comment-929 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:26:02 +0000 http://www.othatsherry.com/?p=3168#comment-929 Great catch, by you as well as by Mr. Macfarlane. Yes, kids need “relevant” information just as adults do; but they also need contact with (and understanding, and even affection for) nature, as you so ably point out. They also need literacy and a feeling for history. Oxford English Dictionary seems to have struck a very poor balance here – one that disserves both their audience (children learning the fine points of the language) and their historical mission of promoting public appreciation of the best aspects of English.

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