English: An Ever Evolving Language

"We don't seem to have a name for it in the UK"

My dear Noddy, if you are located in ?'Brave New World' you are by definition, not in the UK.

Plastic Shopping Bags in Australia
Current plastic bag use and disposal, by consumers and through waste management activities not only create environmental problems, but also exemplify the wasteful practices of our society.
The littering of plastic bags creates a visual pollution problem and affects our aquatic wildlife, while a heavy reliance on 'disposable' plastic bags by the Australian consumer raises concerns about resource consumption and efficiency.

Did you know that Australians use 6.9 billion plastic bags per year and if these were tied together, they would stretch around the world 42 and half times? In response, Clean Up Australia has launched a national plastic bag action and awareness campaign.

In the meantime the population continue to call tree snagged
bags ?'Pommy pants'

As for parts of the US south of Louisville, there is little call for plastic. Brown bag to pick-up truck. :wink:

Noddy, I think I have a name for the plastic garbage snared by trees. Let's call it treetritus. I think it's a perfect name. Years from now, perhaps on a talk show where the subject matter is "Treetritus -- What can be done?" and the host turns to one of the participants and inquires, "Does anyone know where the term treetritus originated?" One of the guests will lean back in his chair and say "Ah, good question, Phil. Treetritus was born on Able2Know, on Saturday, Sept. 11th, 2004. It was a joint effort between, I believe her name was Noddy, and a fellow by the name of Gustav Ratzenhofer. They're both dead now, killed by the Bush Amdinistration in the early part of 2006, but their contribution to humanity, the naming of plastic stuck in trees, shall live forever.

where they artifical trees Gus, or that organic PVC stuff.

Oh, and one more thing, Noddy. Here's an interesting article about two brave young men who took up the fight against the subject matter at hand.

Once they were treetritus warriors

I'm not sure I understand your question, Dys.

I'm trying, believe me, but sleep deprivation has clouded my thought process.

Please.... ask again. Perhaps in small, one syllable words.

Tryagain--

Thanks for pointing out my fuzzy attribution. I like "Pommy pants"--that has possibilities.

Gus--

You and I, together, immortal? The Mind Boggles.

I think I read about the heroic Treetitus Warriors in The New Yorker.

Bush in 2006? Wash your mouth out with catsup.

Dys--

I admire a man who deals in specifics.

ENGLISH....
I JUST WANT TO know if what will i do as an english teacher to effectively handle the dfebate in our classroom...

please send me an email containing some information on how to handle the debate iin our classroom..thanks

Ely--

Welcome to A2K.

Perhaps you'd be better off starting a new thread with your debating problem--this one is old and weary.

You might be a bit more specific. How old are your students? What will the debating topic be? Have you Goggled for information?

Good luck.