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Re: Dino Birds (was Re: Dinosaur = extinct animal)



In a message dated 7/19/99 10:13:03 AM EST, tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu writes:

<< You gain efficiency
 for one, and only one, designation ("dinosaur" instead of "non-avian
 dinosaur"), and lose it for a thousand others.  >>

Perhaps, but since dinosaurs are at least a thousand times more interesting 
than those other groups, the term "dinosaur" still wins.