Taxacom: Taxacom Digest, Vol 219, Issue 17

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

On 23/07/2024 20:29, Leslie Watling via Taxacom wrote:

I don't understand this comment about magic. Those old offensive
       words will still be present in all the old literature […]

There is nothing new going on here. The whole purpose of any /Code/ of  nomenclature is to create a parallel reality. If any reader viewing “old  literature” had to re-invent the wheel at every occurrence of a name or  potential name, chaos would reign.

Any /Code/ of nomenclature governs a separate (nomenclatural) universe,
where this particular occurrence of a ‘name’ is meaningless and to be
ignored, and that particular occurrence of a ‘name’ meets all the 
requirements of the relevant /Code/, and formally establishes a 
scientific name. The same goes fortypifications and spellings.

Paul