[Taxacom] ICZN Opinion 105

[Stephen Thorpe]

>any suggestions on shortening that <

kingandi




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From: Neal Evenhuis <neale at bishopmuseum.org>
To: Kenneth Kinman <kennethkinman at webtv.net>; taxacom 
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Sent: Wed, 18 May, 2011 7:56:54 AM
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

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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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