st: Re: Forest Plot

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Sherwood Forest notwithstanding, recall that it was Birnham Wood that  
came to Dunsinane!  I believe that "wood' is a synonym for 'forest'  
in the Queen's English, whereas the former colonists would be more  
likely to speak of 'the woods'.


Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
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On Mar 20, 2008, at 02:33 , statalist-digest wrote:


> The British form (as per Nick and Lewis & Clark, 2001) almost turns  
> that on its ear... seeing the wood (i.e., the interior of the tree  
> in Americanese) rather than the tree itself.
>
> Now, had Nick said "woods" (with an "s", which would reasonably  
> equate to forest in Americanese) then the simile works better...  
> the plot helps us see the forest despite the trees!
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