Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

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.)

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