[Taxacom] ICZN Opinion 105

[Robin Leech]

Sure.  It would be Xus andriaka
Clean, short, and clear, contains first and last letters.
Robin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Evenhuis" <neale at bishopmuseum.org>
To: "Kenneth Kinman" <kennethkinman at webtv.net>; "taxacom" 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] ICZN Opinion 105


> Bummers.
>
> I have a name in MS to be named after the great Madagascan King 
> Andrianampoinimerinandriantsimitoviaminandriampanjaka (1745-1810)
>
> ... any suggestions on shortening that ....
>
> -Neal
>
> On 5/17/11 9:45 AM, "Kenneth Kinman" 
> <kennethkinman at webtv.net<mailto:kennethkinman at webtv.net>> scribbled the 
> following tidbit:
>
> Hi Richard,
>       I agree.  Even the word dictionary has 10 letters, and
> nomenclature has 12.   These are nice middle-ground words---not
> particularly short, but certainly not unusually long either.   However,
> ICZN should frown upon any taxonomist who becomes an unkind
> hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist.
>            ----------Ken
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Richard Zander wrote:
>     Limiting names to 7 or 8 letters makes strange combinations
> necessary when we get to naming the 500 millionth species: "Kwthizk
> xxngghh" or so, when all the euphonious letter combinations are used up.
> Rchdzndr
>
>
>
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