# I'm very proud of myself

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 17, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927 "2006-02-17T08:48:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/1 "2006-02-17T08:48:19Z")

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I just typed the following in one pass, under severe time pressure, in just a couple of minutes, without a single misspelling. 🙂 Fear me!

> [@Ogre](#):
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> Carex albicans var. albicans, Cyperus lupulinus var. lupulinus, Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Panicum rigidulum var. elongatum, Symphyotrichum drummondii var drummondii, Eclipta prostrata, Calystegia sepium spp sepium, Vaccinium fuscatum, Chamaesyce nutans, Chamaesyce maculata, Chamaecrista fasciculata var fasciculata, Chamaecrista nictitans spp nictitans, Orbexilum pedunculatum var psoralioides, Pueraria montana var lobata, Trifolium campestre, Vicia sativa var nigra, Nemophila aphylla, Hypericum hypericoides spp hypericoides, Triadenum walteri, Carya alba, Pycnanthemum verticillatum var pilosum, Phoradendron leucarpum, Ludwigia decurrens, Oxalis stricta, Brunnichia ovata, Thalictrum thalictroides, Enemion biternatum, Frangula caroliniana, Photinia pyrifolia, Photinia melanocarpa, Porteranthus stipulata, Rosa multiflora, Sideroxylon lycioides, Tilia americana var heterophylla, Hybanthus concolor, Viola bicolor, Chaenomeles speciosa, Ilex verticillata var verticillata, Iva annua var annua, Vernonia gigantea var gigantea

The underline convention and the period after “var” don’t count! 😛

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/2 "2006-02-17T08:57:30Z")

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Wow. I’m terrified.  
Plants? Disease?  
I’m thinking plants, maybe flowers.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/3 "2006-02-17T09:28:04Z")

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> [@bonobo\_jones](#):
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> Wow. I’m terrified.  
> Plants? Disease?  
> I’m thinking plants, maybe flowers.

Various and sundry Southeastern US plants.

Love the name, bonobo. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/4 "2006-02-17T09:37:37Z")

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What, no generic names? Pssh.

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/5 "2006-02-17T09:42:03Z")

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:: waves hi to fellow botanist ::

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/6 "2006-02-17T09:51:46Z")

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> [@Ogre](#):
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> Various and sundry Southeastern US plants.
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> Love the name, bonobo. 🙂

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Thanks. I have no idea why I came up with that. 😛  
I have a friend who is a botanist/landscape/tree person. He’d understand all them funny names.  
_Viola bicolor_ kind of clued me in to plants.  
But since I have an _eclipta prostrata_ on my right foot that sometimes gets a bit _hypericum hypericoides spp hypericoides_ when it’s cold and damp out - well you can understand my foolish assumption those might have been diseases.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/7 "2006-02-17T10:03:24Z")

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If you knew all the spellings off the top of your head, I’ll be duly impressed. Were you referring to anything?

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-proud-of-myself/344927/8 "2006-02-17T19:02:12Z")

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> [@Giant\_Spongess](#):
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> What, no generic names? Pssh.

Each and every generic name is listed above. Do you mean “common name?” 🙂

Hi **Maastricht**. What kind of botanical work do you do?

And **Smeghead** , my intern was rattling them off from a list. Feer my m@dd speeling skiilz!!!111