Years ago, talking about dropping trees, the term was "felling". Those spikes are still called "felling dogs". How, when and why did the action begin to be called "falling"?
(Hope I'm not opening up a can of worms here.) ;-)
This should be in the spelling & grammar sec?
Yeah, you opened a can of worms..lol. A Faller in 2022 should know that calling yourself a " Faller" is bad grammar. My phone will not accept it. I grew up on Vancouver Island. 46 yrs in BC.
(Live back in UK now.)
Every kid new what a Faller did. It was a prideful job. We knew the danger that came with it. People I went to school with, well there Father ended up in a wheelchair. Had to ask my older friend that lived there longer. " He was a Faller and got hit by a tree".
Neighbor "old Mel" he started when powers saws started. Guy showed me the injuries in the '80s. when I was 17yr. 6 different times he was cut. His arm was crippled . Arm was hanging off..helped out of the bush..leg hanging off.
Foot long scar across the stomach. That's a Faller in the day. That was a bit of a turn off. Anyway, the title..Faller would go back, I bet 1890s?
Funny you say this as I am 20 yrs younger than you.
It's very reagenal. The first time I heard ”feller” (feller buncher) was in the '80s.
In 1997 forestry/mill workers were all displaced and were aloud 7 grand in courses +20,000 and the head teacher told the head Faller that "you are a feller, not a Faller. To be a Faller would suggest you fall down" to my surprise, he took the lesson. Well had he if it was two guys? I think not.
Good thread and lots to add yet.