On 4/16/2012 11:51 AM, Robert Schenck wrote:
Could a Chinese paleontologist working in North Dakota name a new find "totallyawesome dakotaensis"?
It is a type of eurocentrism, isn't it?Totallyawsome dakotathing would not fly, but translated into a relatively obscure language it would make English-speakers think "Hey, that is almost as weird and opaque as Latin."
Just tack on a "saurus" or some such and everybody will think it is neat and scien-cy except maybe someone who speaks the obscure language.