new names

[Barry M. OConnor]

At 4:14 AM -0700 2/25/1999, JOSEPH E. LAFERRIERE wrote:

>>  Billieturnera ... is a four-syllable name and avoid-worthy
>>  >on that count alone.
>
>>  Maybe it's just an accent thing - I reckon it's 5 syllables.
>
>You are correct. Mea culpa.

This, and the comments on pronunciation by non-Anglophones reminded me of
the wonderful generic names proposed for uropodine mites by Werner
Hirschmann in 1979.  Germans apparently don't have a phobia against long
words.  Let the following roll off your tongues!  (Note that he also
conspicuously honored his Hungarian colleagues, J. Balogh & Z. Kaszab, who
supervised the collecting of much of the material).

7 syllables
Interrupturopoda
Multiporuropoda
Spinosissuropoda
Foevolaturopoda
Spiculaturopoda
Laqueaturopoda
Australiuropoda
Diphaulocyllibia
Kaszabjbaloghia
Baloghjkaszabia
Marginalidinychus
Rotundabaloghia
Angulobaloghia
Tuberculatatrigon
Manuleatophorus
Pulchellaobovella
Paraguaycyllibula
Hirtitrichocylliba
Trichointerstructura
Loksamacrodinychus
Baloghmacrodynichus

8
Penicillaturopoda
Longicarinaturella
Appendiculobovella
Panamatrichocylliba
Kaszabbraziluropoda

9
Vinicoloraobovella
Bregetovamacrodynichus
Mahunkabrasiluropoda
Baloghibrasiluropoda

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