Non-trivial trivial names?
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Tony Henwood comments - with regard to the spelling of Kernechtrot - that:
> I recall a catalogue with the dye spelt with two "t"s. And if I look deep
> enough I could probably find a technique using the same spelling????
Being at home I've just had a look at PubMed, and 'one T' has eight papers
cited, whilst 'two Ts' has none - so maybe we're OK here!
However in general, 'trivial' errors of this kind can be a problem
(additional to the linguistic irritation, that is) . If you, Tony, HAD keyed
in 'Kernechtrott' would you then have said "Oh, funny I'd had expected to
find references, lets try one T?" Maybe, maybe not.
And this problem is artifact of computer searches - if you looked in a book
index, one T or two wouldnt confuse anyone.
There are other 'non trivial trivial errors' - have you heard of the Hande
stain for instance? Go on, say it out loud.
That gets hits in the UK academic online bibliographic system WoSci, though
not in PubMed (where it only finds a man named Hande, and no the 'Hande
stain' wasnt invented by him/her).
Bye - Richard Horobin
Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
T direct 01796-474 480 --- E RichardWHorobin@aol.com
"What should we expect? Everything."
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Tony Henwood comments - with regard to the spelling of Kernechtrot - that:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I recall a catalogue with the dye spelt with two "t"s. And if I look deep
<BR>enough I could probably find a technique using the same spelling????</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Being at home I've just had a look at PubMed, and 'one T' has eight papers
<BR>cited, whilst 'two Ts' has none - so maybe we're OK here!
<BR>
<BR>However in general, 'trivial' errors of this kind can be a problem
<BR>(additional to the linguistic irritation, that is) . If you, Tony, HAD keyed
<BR>in 'Kernechtrott' would you then have said "Oh, funny I'd had expected to
<BR>find references, lets try one T?" Maybe, maybe not.
<BR>And this problem is artifact of computer searches - if you looked in a book
<BR>index, one T or two wouldnt confuse anyone.
<BR>
<BR>There are other 'non trivial trivial errors' - have you heard of the Hande
<BR>stain for instance? Go on, say it out loud.
<BR>That gets hits in the UK academic online bibliographic system WoSci, though
<BR>not in PubMed (where it only finds a man named Hande, and no the 'Hande
<BR>stain' wasnt invented by him/her).
<BR>
<BR>Bye - Richard Horobin
<BR>Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
<BR><B>T direct 01796-474 480 --- E RichardWHorobin@aol.com</B>
<BR><I>"What should we expect? Everything."</I></FONT></HTML>
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