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AOU-NACC Proposals 2019
Exactly. Everybody knows what a pendulum is and penduline is an obvious derivation for something swinging like a pendulum. And to the previous poster one makes the statement of the obvious: correlation is not causation, and even such luminaries as the Oxford pedants forget that. The BBC a few...- Farnboro John
- Post #218
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2019
I am surprised at your outrage given that plants, which you frequently include in your IDs, long ago did away with those apostrophes (e.g., Douglas Fir). As do most other non-biological entities (e.g, Eiffel Tower) Fingal's Cave.... ;) John- Farnboro John
- Post #19
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2019
No, you're mixing up cause and effect. Storm Petrel because the two words are separate. Gull-billed because the bill is subject to the descriptor "gull": there is a dependency. Consequently the "b" in "billed" is lower case. Re the other proposal, remember they are independent proposals so...- Farnboro John
- Post #14
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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AOU-NACC Proposals 2019
All this proves is the detachment of scientists from (a) grammar and (b) reality. I assure you that out in the real world no-one has heard of this agreement and it is still Down's Syndrome. John- Farnboro John
- Post #12
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature