[OT] Re: [Elecraft] English

[Don Wilhelm]

Bill,

Well, Ohio *is* the 'Buckeye State' - when I grew up in Ohio, they were 
called buckeye trees by everyone, it was only later that I learned they 
were also horse chestnut trees.

73,
Don W3FPR

Bill W5WVO wrote:
> Interesting... Never heard a horse chestnut called a "buckeye" before. 
> (Never mind a "conker"!) Where do they call them buckeyes?
> 
> I'm originally from upstate NY, where horse chestnut trees seemed to be 
> everywhere you looked. I think we had four or five of them just on our 
> one-block-long street. Collecting huge bags of horse chestnuts was an 
> autumn ritual.
> 
> Bill / W5WVO
>