Fwd: PhyloCode prefix/suffix?

[Niklas Wahlberg]

Thomas Lammers wrote:
> Seriously, would it really be that bad to just forego Latin based
> nomenclature and go with English?  There's always a contingent that wants
> to do away with Latin diagnoses in the ICBN.  Its already sort of comoon to
> turn formal names in anglicized common names -- campanulads, composites,
> magnoliads.  Why not just pick a suffix no one has used in a Code and use
> it to create English names?
>
Ahem, there are other languages in the world and many of us are forced
to use English as our working language. We however also have names for
species and higher taxa in our own languages. Let's stick to Latin,
which at least in this respect is neutral.

Cheers,
Niklas
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