[Taxacom] Source of quote on taxon ranking

[Richard Jensen]

Many of us in the US do use "hamlet", whether we are reading Shakespeare or
talking about a small community.  My guess is that this may be a regional
variation in the US.

Cheers,

Dick J


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Robin Leech <releech at telus.net> wrote:

> Hello Mark,
> I suggest strongly that it is from the wee Iles (UK and Scotland), mainly
> because we in North America do not use
> the word "hamlet".
> Robin
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> Does anyone have any idea who said:
>
> "Trying to decide if a group of organisms is a species, a subspecies or a
> variety is like trying to decide if a group of houses is a town, a village
> or a hamlet?"
>
> I thought it was Darwin but I cant find the source anywhere. The quote is
> from (gin-soaked) memory so may deviate slightly from the original.
>
> Cheers
>
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