Re: Arambougiania Citation Redux

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>:

> David Marjanovic wrote:
>
> > > As with _Gigantspinosaurus_, _Arambourgiana_ may not fulfill 9.9. 
> > > However, this is difficult to prove, given that (among other 
> > > things) it is
> > > hard to pin down what exactly is meant by "primarily"?
> >
> > Well, does it fulfill all the other requirements?
>
> Probably.  But a publication only needs to break one of the rules in 
> order to be deemed invalid by the ICZN.  It just so happens that some 
> of the rules are so vague that they are virtually impossible to 
> apply.  Article 9.9 is one of them.
>
> While on the topic of names, a question regarding the derivation of 
> _Pantydraco_.  I know that "Panty" refers to Pant-y-ffynnon in Wales. 
>  But does anyone know what "panty" means in Welsh?  ("A really good 
> time" is not the answer I'm after.)

Well, the "y" is actually the definite article.  It looks to me like 
"pant y ffynnon" would mean something like 'valley of the spring'.  
Incidentally, it would be pronounced something like "PANT uh FUN-awn".

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Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

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