Language of description, con'd

[Vid Strpic - Martin]

At 16:52 24.10.1995 +0100, Carmine Colacino wrote:
> <snip>
>At this point why we don't just stick with Latin? It is true nobody speaks
>it, but as a written language -- at least -- it  allows us to understand
>the old descriptions.
>
Maybe she's right. Latin _was_ the language of taxonomy, and maybe it should
stay as it is.
If we forget latin, who in the next century will understand Linne's (and
other old) descriptions ? Let's don't make taxonomists cripples !

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