Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Nothing important, just for the fun of it ...
In Zoonomen's Richmond Index (here) there's a wonderful little blunder (that I feel I just have to share):
• "Plotus eller Gunnerus 1761"
The Richmond Card itself here.
Though, what the scribblings on the Card itself really says is: "Plotus eller Plautus colombarius GUNNERUS 1761" [*], where 'eller' simply was (and still is) the Norwegian (and Swedish) word for the English word: or. This Phrase means nothing but 'Plotus or Plautus colombarius'
It made my day! One just has to smile ... eller (or)?
Either way, for me, that's a good start on a ...
Happy New Year!
Björn
PS. I'm glad James suspected mischief, and could see through this (obvious) mistake.
The word eller never was (nor should it be) incl. in the Key.
*Gunnerus's text (incl. the generic name Plautus) in Det Trondhiemske Selskabs skrifter, Vol. I, 1761, page 263 = here (Tab./Tabula VI/Plate No. 6 = here. Also both; here). Plotus/Plautus colombarius GUNNERUS 1761 is a junior synonym of today's Little Auk Alle alle LINNAEUS 1758 ("[Alca] Alle").
In Zoonomen's Richmond Index (here) there's a wonderful little blunder (that I feel I just have to share):
• "Plotus eller Gunnerus 1761"
The Richmond Card itself here.
Though, what the scribblings on the Card itself really says is: "Plotus eller Plautus colombarius GUNNERUS 1761" [*], where 'eller' simply was (and still is) the Norwegian (and Swedish) word for the English word: or. This Phrase means nothing but 'Plotus or Plautus colombarius'
It made my day! One just has to smile ... eller (or)?
Either way, for me, that's a good start on a ...
Happy New Year!
Björn
PS. I'm glad James suspected mischief, and could see through this (obvious) mistake.
The word eller never was (nor should it be) incl. in the Key.
*Gunnerus's text (incl. the generic name Plautus) in Det Trondhiemske Selskabs skrifter, Vol. I, 1761, page 263 = here (Tab./Tabula VI/Plate No. 6 = here. Also both; here). Plotus/Plautus colombarius GUNNERUS 1761 is a junior synonym of today's Little Auk Alle alle LINNAEUS 1758 ("[Alca] Alle").
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