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Old 12-31-2020, 02:57 AM   #151
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"Certainly dear. Just as soon as you throw out some of the over 100 pot plants you have in the house."

It usually then goes very quiet for a while, which is ideal for reading.

My wife and I get on very, very well, I am glad to say.
Wait a second, do you mean 100 pot plants or 100 potted plants?
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Wait a second, do you mean 100 pot plants or 100 potted plants?
In general conversation in the UK, a pot plant is usually an ornamental plant in a pot designed to hold plants, NOT a cannabis plant.

You have to remember that American English is different from the English spoken in the UK.

Some people call cannabis "pot" in the UK but they are usually already part of the drug scene. I have more respect for my brain cells.
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In general conversation in the UK, a pot plant is usually an ornamental plant in a pot designed to hold plants, NOT a cannabis plant.

You have to remember that American English is different from the English spoken in the UK.

Some people call cannabis "pot" in the UK but they are usually already part of the drug scene. I have more respect for my brain cells.
The US and England, two countries separated by a common language.
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Some people call cannabis "pot" in the UK but they are usually already part of the drug scene. I have more respect for my brain cells.
How quaint. In The US, even people who've never been near the "drug scene" would be likely to call someone a "pothead". Would the same innocents in the UK refer to them as "cannabis addicts"?

Regardless... it seems entirely unlikely to me to that the whole of the UK would agree with your premise that what people choose to call cannabis in every day conversation has any relationship whatsoever to their familiarity with its usage.
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My wife now only keeps a few pot plants in the house (her choice) because her collection of plates and ornaments take up a lot of room.
Do you enjoy smoking the pot your wife grows? Has she ever been caught growing pot?

I cannot see the value of ornamental plates. To me they just take up space. That's obviously a wife thing.
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"Certainly dear. Just as soon as you throw out some of the over 100 pot plants you have in the house."

It usually then goes very quiet for a while, which is ideal for reading.

My wife and I get on very, very well, I am glad to say.
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Wait a second, do you mean 100 pot plants or 100 potted plants?
Maybe they are potted pot plants
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How quaint. In The US, even people who've never been near the "drug scene" would be likely to call someone a "pothead". Would the same innocents in the UK refer to them as "cannabis addicts"?
Probably not, but it is likely that a few people would.

I only used the term Cannabis to distinguish between the term "pot plant" (meaning an ornamental plant in a plant pot - most common usage in the UK) and "pot plant" (meaning a cannabis plant - not common usage in the UK)

I have heard the term "pothead used" used but far more often I have heard people say so and so " is doing drugs/pot" or is a "druggie". I have never heard anyone in the UK say that is a "pot plant" and meaning cannabis. It is far more likely they would say that plant is "pot"

What I can say is that most the places that sell ornamental plants in pots will label the section they are in as pot plants. Sometimes the term "indoor plants" or "container plants" is used.

At least this difference in usage between English and US English seems to be amusing people.

If you really have worries have a word with other Mods and Members from the UK they will confirm my usage of "pot plant" is common and correct.
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The “take my wife” jokes have become increasingly unfunny, to the extent they were funny at all. Could we can the sexist stereotypes, please?
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Do you enjoy smoking the pot your wife grows? Has she ever been caught growing pot?
Enjoy teasing me while you can Jon.

I have explained I did not mean cannabis when I said pot plant.
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I think this thread might've gone a little derailed....
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I think it's gone to pot.
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A lot, yes!!

Because the obviously satisfactory and logical answer is almost always shunned.

As a starter, I would state emphatically that an E-Book should cost no more than half the price of a paper book, and should then proceed downward.
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A lot, yes!!

Because the obviously satisfactory and logical answer is almost always shunned.

As a starter, I would state emphatically that an E-Book should cost no more than half the price of a paper book, and should then proceed downward.
So how does the author get paid? Does he or she get half the amount for an ebook that he or she gets for a paper book? It's hard enough making enough money to be a full time author.
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