Arborcide

[RGus]

An article about a Brooklyn man who has been destroying trees in his neighborhood. They caught him and he is being charged with Arborcide!

Arborcide

 

[tomthetreeman]

Another Citizen Pruner gone bad. I love the new term for tree vandalism. I hope it sticks!

-Tom

 

[boreality]

Should of sent him up here in the north. He could of had a rumble in the jungle with the trees here till he was worn out.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Arborcide is what I've called any tree killing. I never new that it was a legal term:

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets/tree_damage_arborcide.html

 

[boreality]

If we're introducing a new word to the justice system regarding trees should make sure it's spelled right. I have no authority on spelling (as previosly observed on treebuzz) but I have a feeling it should be arboricide rather than arborcide. Like homicide.

 

[tcsafety]

Good point, like Aboriculture. We should pronounce the i, but alot of folks pronounce it Arborculture.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

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alot of folks pronounce it Arborculture.

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That's the way I spell it too

Like Shigo said:

We don't say parl-ee-ament for 'parliament. Two camps, I'm in the " _gnore the I" camp

 

[tcsafety]

Me too. Slows down the conversation and delays getting to the point. Hard enough when you prefix the "International Society of" to it.

After all, we drop the "p" in pneumatic, though in its Greek root "pneuma" (air, spirit) you pronounce it. Why not an "I" here and there?

It's the 'merican way!

 

[KTSmith]

Tom's right about Al Shigo who always dropped the "i" in arboriculture, and he did use the "parliament" example. I took him to task on that, that the more appropriate comparison is to "horticulture". Would anyone drop the "i" there?

Small points to be sure. I'd keep the "i" in Arboricide, (models of homicide, fratricide, regicide, etc.)
Then again, my usage probably doesn't bear too close an examination. I say "symplastic" and "apoplastic" when they likely should be "symplasmatic" and "apoplasmatic".