Re: Self-Use of Ethnic Insults (was: Re: Ebonic Christmas )

On Sat, 16 Jan 0100 01:40:16 -0500, John Cowan <cowan@...>
wrote:

>Raymond Brown scripsit:
>
>> As you well know, 'swede' has a very positive meaning
>
>I *think* it was on another mailing list that someone asked
>what the meaning of "L." after the scientific names of certain
>plants was.  I explained that this meant the name had been
>assigned by "that crafty old Swede (but no turnip), Carolus
>Linnaeus himself."
>
>(In the case of more recent names, the name of the namer
>appears instead.  Zoologists do not appear to use this convention.)
I've seen "L." in a book on butterflies. More frequently, "Linnaeus" is
written out like any other name.

Even though they're technically part of the scientific name, the author's
name and date of publication are often omitted. And even when the author's
name is given, the date is usually left out. For instance, the scientific
name of the fox squirrel is most often given simply as "_Sciurus niger_",
less frequently as "_Sciurus niger_ Linnaeus". Technically it should
probably be something like "_Sciurus niger_ Linnaeus, 1758", but hardly
anyone ever bothers with that level of detail.

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