Re: Language for taxonomic names, redux
John Cowan <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Caoimhin O Donnaile <[email protected] > quoted33333333333333333333333: esox - Latin word used by Pliny to refer to a type of fish in the > river Rhine, probably a salmon. Related to Irish eo, 'salmon'; Welsh > eog, 'salmon'; Cornish eghek, 'salmon'; etc. > > Esox - a genus including the pike and related fish, and _not_ > including the salmon! > Michael, I call that definitive evidence of the utility of the subtag. -- John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan [email protected] If a traveler were informed that such a man [as Lord John Russell] was leader of the House of Commons, he may well begin to comprehend how the Egyptians worshiped an insect. --Benjamin Disraeli _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages