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Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Saturday, October 30, 2004, 0:28
B. Garcia scripsit:

> Here's a case of two plants where one has a common name, and the > other, which is totally different has its genus name the same as the > first's common name:
Similarly, nasturtiums belong not to Nasturtium (which is watercress), but to Tropaeolum, as JRRT pointed out in a letter. ("Constrictor constrictor". Pfui.) -- What asininity could I have uttered John Cowan <jcowan@...> that they applaud me thus? http://www.reutershealth.com --Phocion, Greek orator http://www.ccil.org/~cowan