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Re: Oh come on now nossy Send a noteboard - 07/03/2011 02:54:31 PM
If you ask 10 random people on the street what tree they were looking at, how many do you think would know? It just bugs me that ordinary people in these books all know what the different trees are

Depends where you are. And, woah, weird, some of us are in the agricultural business.:P Sticking with your example, it's not that uncommon to know something about nature if you're a character in a series that begins in an arable community.

And Ghavrel is completely correct about the religious/mythological connections.
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Today's quickpoll about trees reminded me of something I wanted to discuss Dark Knight - 07/03/2011 04:49:40 AM 992 Views
I think it's to cater to people that supposedly hate ebooks Bryce - 07/03/2011 06:09:02 AM 851 Views
You might not know much, or even the average reader A Deathwatch Guard - 07/03/2011 06:22:15 AM 703 Views
Wow. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 07:34:43 AM 796 Views
Oh come on now Dark Knight - 07/03/2011 02:34:08 PM 734 Views
Re: Oh come on now nossy - 07/03/2011 02:54:31 PM 758 Views
Re: Oh come on now DomA - 07/03/2011 06:19:12 PM 793 Views
Exactly Scott Blademaster - 07/03/2011 07:58:46 PM 912 Views
I noticed it for the first time on my reread, but only because I don't know wtf "leatherleaf" is. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:50:48 PM 685 Views
This is true. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:53:20 PM 663 Views
I can tell right away, from the tree or just a leaf. Tom - 07/03/2011 08:10:10 PM 650 Views
Where I grew up, most everyone would know virtually every tree. Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:48:18 PM 724 Views
Like ghavrel said, they are important culturally and mythologically Stephen - 07/03/2011 05:05:37 PM 735 Views
Tolkien was a tree freak *NM* random thoughts - 08/03/2011 01:36:57 AM 308 Views
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