Hamish, you have divined my meaning. "Souncy" is a word used in our family. Having just now failed to find it in a slew of dictionaries, I can only smile. I don't know where it comes from but it was used as far back as my mother's mother's mother, who was a young matron in Ontario the 1850s. Her roots were Irish. Paige Woodward paige@hillkeep.ca http://www.hillkeep.ca/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamish Sloan" <hamish.sloan@virgin.net> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: RE: [pbs] Crocus vitellinus images > Paige wrote: > > "....This spring, our weather has seemed unusual to me, whipping back and forth between zephyrs and harsh sleet. > > Many crocuses survive these contradictions but vitellinus is one of two that > make me rub my eyes. The other is C. x jessopae. No sooner is one advance of flowers flattened than another rises, souncy and vigorous." > > Is "souncy" a typo or some BC slang I don't know? > >From your comment a meaning of "bouncy and saucy" would sound about right! > > Regards Hamish > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >