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From: Henny van der Pluijm <hvdp@worldonline.nl>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 23:20:11 +0200 (MET DST)
Fwd Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 10:06:57 -0400
Subject: Re: Doug & Dave?


>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:50:59 -0400
>From: Bruce Maccabee <brumac@compuserve.com>
>Subject: Re: Doug & Dave?
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>

>>From: Henny van der Pluijm <hvdp@worldonline.nl>
>>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:00:09 +0200 (MET DST)
>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>>Subject: Re: Doug & Dave?

><snip>

>>Btw. 'crop circle' is by now a misnomer. The circles don't just
>>arise in crop and most of them aren't circles. 'Anomalous soil
>>pictograms' would be a better term IMO.

>The very complicated and artistic constructions would be more
>properly characterized as "agriglyphs", a term I published in
>the MUFON Journal in 1991.

>'glyph'..... a picture

>'agri'.....  relating to plants/crops, etc.

>'agriglyph' - picture in plants or agricultural crops.

>Compare to 'petroglyph'..... pictures on rocks.


Hi Bruce,

Interesting alternatives. But I wonder if 'pictogram' would be
indicative of simple constructions only. Why not use the word
for more complicated structures as well?

In any case, I prefer a single term for the phenomenon. Because
the structures in crop, cereal, stone or ice seem to be one and
the same thing. Your terminology has the disadvantage that we
need to use different words for all types of soil in which the
pictures are formed. (picture on ice: glacyglyph?)

Nonetheless, I don't think Anomalous Soil Pictogram will stick
either. It's still too complicated. Anyone for an alternative?
Unexplained Soil Pictures? Terraglyphs?


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