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This tree grows about 150m from house in front of my son's school. Can anyone guess what species it is? A hint: It's branches were prized by Fletchers on the continent in the Middle Ages. [attach=1][attach=2][attach=3]
Nope.I had never seen one until I moved to Europe. I don't even think they have any in the States unless they were imported.
So how are we going to guess if we've never heard of it before? ???I was thinking of guessing "chestnut tree" simply because I know they have historically used them in Germany to shade barrels of beer, but after your last post I don't think that is the right answer.
If you have ever studied the Longbow revolution or read anything about it you have heard of this tree. And no, it NOT a Yew tree ski. I don't think I have ever seen a live Yew Tree. I know they are still very rare in England and I don't think they ever grew on the continent except as transplants.I will throw another hint out their. The name of my wife's home village is derived from this tree. The name is Lindach.
You go too fast, Scout ! I was about to tell it : it's a Tilia aka Lime in Britain, linden or basswood in North America 🙁
Der, den, die, das — gender articles always confounded me when I learned foreign languages, reflexive pronouns too. At least many Germans have trouble pronouncing the. ;D.
I have been married to a German for years and was forced to learn it because my in-laws don't speak a lick of English. I hate the articles, especially because their are few hard and fast rules about which gender belongs to which noun. I also despise the sentence structure, which has always struck me as counter-intuitive. I am now conversational but will always prefer English. I would rather speak Latin than German but have not met very many Latin speakers, only the local priest.
