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poses

English translation: typo - posies (singular form: posy)

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English term or phrase:poses
Selected answer:typo - posies (singular form: posy)
Entered by: bochkor

13:40 Jul 11, 2023
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Botany / Lyrics of the song Clementine, Pete Seeger version
English term or phrase: poses
There's a churchyard on the hillside,
Where the flowers grow entwine.
There grow roses amongst the poses,
Fertilized by Clementine.

The word "poses" doesn't make any sense, when thinking about the conventional meaning of a pose or poses. So this obviously has nothing to do with posture or bragging. This is probably something physical, tangible, which is intermingled with roses in a rose garden. Could be some spots, holes, rows or some parts of a grid. Could also be some weeds among the roses. I have no idea, so I need someone to say with certainty, what this is.

Native speakers of American English only, please! Familiarity with cowboy songs a plus.
Thank you!
bochkor
Local time: 03:07
typo - posies (singular form: posy)
Explanation:
IMO/00

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Note added at 20 mins (2023-07-11 14:01:35 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posy_(given_name)#:~:text=Posy...
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 03:07
Grading comment
I truly appreciate everybody's input. Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4typo - posies (singular form: posy)
Darius Saczuk
5posies
Júlia Castro


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
typo - posies (singular form: posy)


Explanation:
IMO/00

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Note added at 20 mins (2023-07-11 14:01:35 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posy_(given_name)#:~:text=Posy...

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I truly appreciate everybody's input. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: It's "roses and some posies" according to this: http://ingeb.org/songs/inacaver.html
18 mins
  -> Yes. It shows up as "posies" on various websites with lyrics. Thank you, Phil.
agree  Tony M
41 mins
  -> Thank you, Tony.
agree  Maria G. Grassi, MA AITI: I did not want to irritate the asker as I am not a native English speaker, but this was the first thing that came to my mind too :) Therefore, I agree with you
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Maria.
agree  writeaway
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Writeaway.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
posies


Explanation:
It's probably a typo, and the correct spelling is "posies", the plural of "posy". Various websites show the correct lyrics, I've linked some of them as references.


    https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/childrens/clemtine
    https://www.babycenter.com/baby/sleep/lullaby-lyrics-clementine_6742
Júlia Castro
Brazil
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: This answer simply repeats what has already been said. Why not just agree with the answer already posted?
3 hrs
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