[Taxacom] Zzyzx, was: Re: [HERBARIA] HERBARIA Digest, Vol 104, Issue 10

[Tony.Rees at csiro.au]

No to be confused with Zyzzyx the genus ( a wasp), see e.g. here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyzzyx

- Tony

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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schweich [tas27 at schweich.com]
Sent: Friday, 23 March 2012 1:43 AM
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Subject: [Taxacom] Zzyzx, was: Re:  [HERBARIA] HERBARIA Digest, Vol 104, Issue 10

Yes, it's for real, recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names:

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1662336

Their web site is here: http://biology.fullerton.edu/dsc/

and it's pronounced just as it's spelled!

Well, OK, pronounced: Zy-zix.

--
Tom Schweich KJ6BIT tas27 at schweich.com
http://www.schweich.com
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On 3/22/2012 6:52 AM, Veldkamp, J.F. (Jan Frits) wrote:
> Zzyzx --- Is that for real? How do the locals pronounce it?
>
> JeF
>


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