Taxacom: demystifying gender agreement ( was Re: Removals ofoffending scientific names)

[Michael A. Ivie]

[what follows is satire of what might come] Gender agreement is another 
case of European Imperialistic hegemony and paternal oppression on the 
POC of the world!  Insisting on the entire world using the grammar from 
a dead empire only understood by an elete set of gender conformist white 
conservatives is just a horrible crime against humanity!

tee hee

On 6/26/2023 11:09 AM, George Beccaloni via Taxacom wrote:
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> Hopefully the ICZN isn't a dictatorship... If not, perhaps it should
> consult taxonomists worldwide and give them a vote about continuing or
> abandoning gender agreement.
>
> George
>
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> On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 at 18:02, Douglas Yanega via Taxacom <
> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
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>> On 6/26/23 2:53 AM, Geoff Read via Taxacom wrote:
>>> As a database editor I can have great difficulty in ascertaining the
>> gender of a genus, because it isn't stated, and the derivation of the name
>> is obscure and unresolvable.
>>> Sometimes the view of the gender assignment oscillates between masculine
>> and feminine with successive authors over the decades. Who is right?
>>> The other unnecessary problem is that authors don't think it necessary
>> to explain themselves when they suddenly change the gender endings within a
>> genus. It's beneath them to help out in that way.
>>> So, lacking the explanation, we try to find the evidence for ourselves.
>> This is a terrific waste of my time.
>>
>> I agree, it IS a waste of your time.
>>
>> If there was a single list to consult that told you *instantly and
>> definitively* what gender any given genus is, and another list that told
>> you whether or not an epithet is subject to changes in spelling (and
>> what those changes are), do you think that this would resolve this
>> particular issue?
>>
>> Don't give in to the Dark Side.
>>
>> Peace,
>>
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>> Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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