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Re: gender

To: gbabcock@best.com, martz@holly.colostate.edu, zooamy@zoo.latrobe.edu.au
Subject: Re: gender
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:28:23 -0500 (EST)
Cc: frog@cncnet.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Reply-to: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

In a message dated 97-11-09 00:30:48 EST, gbabcock@best.com writes:

<< So, if Larson's hunch proves to be correct, and Sue's proximal chevron is
 smaller and stubbier than those found on the gracile _Tyrannosaurus rex_
 morphs, shouldn't paleontologists petition the powers that be to rename the
 animal _Tyrannosaura regina_, "Queen of the tyrant lizards"?
  >>

This would be an "unjustified emendation," since one cannot change the
spellings of generic or specific names for non-linguistic, non-grammatic
reasons.

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