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   Floss | Oct 26, 2006 08:56pm | #1

   Pommelle is French for strainer and is pronounced Poe - mel.

   J.P.

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   Edited 10/26/2006 1:56 pm ET by JP

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   Turnpike | Oct 27, 2006 01:13am | #2

   Hi JP

   But how do you pronounce Sapele?

   I wanted to ask well known UK turner Stuart King about it's turning properties, when I met him, at an exhibition a couple of years back. I referred to it as "Sap - el" and got a totally blank look until the penny dropped and he cryed out Oh! You mean   "Sa- pealy". Is that how it's pronounced where you are??

    

   Regards

   Turnpike

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   Floss | Oct 27, 2006 02:17am | #3

   I have heard it pronounced both as Suh - pealy and Suh - pel- e (with a short e in the middle long e at the end). I generally use the latter. I think I have always heard it pronounced with three syllablesOne of my all time favorites is Popular for Poplar. Can't say how many times I have heard that one.J.P.http://www.jpkfinefurniture.com

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   xmike | Oct 27, 2006 02:26am | #4

   Popular is very poplar where I come from.

   Mike D  :)

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   douglas2cats | Oct 27, 2006 04:01am | #5

   My Uncle insists on pronouncing it popple. I have no clue where he came up with that one.

    If you build it he will come.

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   tinkerer2 | Oct 27, 2006 06:48am | #6

   popple - poplar. Oo, I think that is a different tree.  Isn't popple a tree common in the midwest used to make paper pulp?

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   tom21769 | Oct 27, 2006 01:18pm | #7

   You're confused. "Popple" is a flowering shrub. It produces abundant, large, kernel-like seeds, which is how we get "popcorn".

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   tinkerer2 | Oct 28, 2006 03:27am | #10

   But now I'm really confused.  The poplar I'm used to (Lirodendrum tulipifera) is common around here.  I can't even find it in my book (Trees of North America by C Frank Brockman.)  I know that is what it is because I have use it in scientific studies.  That said, I can't find popple either but I'm pretty sure it isn't related to popcorn (zea mays) which is a grass, not a tree or shrub.  I grew up in the west, now in the east, but I've had friends in the midwest that talked about popple.  Don't think I've really seen it but I thought it was used in the paper mill.

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   KeithNewton | Oct 28, 2006 03:50am | #11

   I think that is a name for Aspen wood.

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   douglas2cats | Oct 28, 2006 03:56am | #12

   You could be right, but in my Uncle's case he'll say "popple" when it's clearly poplar that being referred to or the word is spelled out right in front of his face. Maybe he figures p-o-p-l-a-r is some exotic French word where the -a-r are silent? Who knows.

    If you build it he will come.

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   JLMCDANIEL | Oct 28, 2006 08:36am | #13

   Here's a link to popple

   Jack

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   pzaxtl | Nov 10, 2006 06:43pm | #15

   It sounds like your uncle is from the Adirondack mountains region of New York.  A lot of the native adirondackers call poplar "popple".  They also use terms like "prit near", meaning "pretty near".  A typical usage of the term would be: "I went to the store last night and prit near went broke buying a case of Gennie Cream Ale".  Of course, many of these folks prit near go broke just buying diesel for their generators because they don't have electricity.  I guess that's not a great problem, though -- what they spend on diesel they save on dental.  Then again, I have some family members that speak like this, too (born and bred here).

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   trialnut | Nov 11, 2006 08:12pm | #16

   Liriodendron tulipifera L.    Yellow-poplar, Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip-poplar

   Populus tremuloides Michx.    Quaking Aspen, Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Golden Aspen, Popple, Poplar.   Sometimes Populus grandidentata  or Bigtooth Aspen, Largetooth Aspen, is called the same names as Quaking Aspen because they look the same other than the slightly larger and more coarsely toothed leaf edge. I have even heard Eastern Cottenwood, Populus deltoides, called popple and poplar.

   RichThe Professional Termite

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   dherzig | Oct 27, 2006 07:39pm | #8

   Here is a link with the pronunciation:  http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861701284/sapele.html

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   LD | Oct 27, 2006 08:44pm | #9

   Thanks for all the responses. The encarta was what I was looking for.
   The only problem with it is that it couldn't find Makore. But it will work for most items I'm interested in.Sure appreciate the humorous ones also. You guys have a great sense of humor.

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   user-196729 | Oct 28, 2006 05:33pm | #14

   Makore is from  the family Sapotaceae and grows aproximately 120-150 feet, and a diameter of about 4 ft.  It is from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Liberia.  It is a hardwood and you need to use a tungsten carbide-tipped blade to saw it.  Use an efficient dust extraction system to keep the dust down, as it is very irritating to the nose, throat, and eyes.  Similar to mahogany but with a finer grain.  It will dull your tools because of the silica in the wood.  It takes glue well and stains and polishes to an excellent finish.  Pronounced, Ma-core-a  This information is from "The Encyclopedia of Wood" Facts On File, Inc.