Re: Non-trivial trivial names? -Reply
| From: | RichardWHorobin@aol.com |
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Tony says:
> I will remove the second T from the word. But does this really matter!!!
> Getting into a linguistic battle doesn't seem worth it. ?haematoxylin or
> hematoxylin, hybridisation or hybridization, colour or color??? Haven't we
> got more important things to ponder than American v English v Australian
> v German Spelling???
> .
Take your point Tony about priorities of everyday lab life, but I dont think
nomenclature is ALL navel gazing.
Not if youre trying to find references on line, for instance. Which I was
just when this thread started, hence maybe my interest?
In the examples you give, asking for 'hematoxylin' will fail to find
'haematoxylin' and vice versa. Of course some electronic bibliographic
systems let you do a wildcard search, and ask for (say) 'h?ematoxylin' which
would find both forms.
But maybe you wouldnt bother to do this, or even know how the particular
system you wee using (they're all different) if you'd already decided it was
trivial, would you? So you'd miss things.
Bye for now - 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 says:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I will remove the second T from the word. But does this really matter!!!
<BR>Getting into a linguistic battle doesn't seem worth it. ?haematoxylin or
<BR>hematoxylin, hybridisation or hybridization, colour or color??? Haven't we
<BR>got more important things to ponder than American v English v Australian
<BR>v German Spelling???
<BR>I think it's trivial</BLOCKQUOTE>.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR>Take your point Tony about priorities of everyday lab life, but I dont think
<BR>nomenclature is ALL navel gazing.
<BR>
<BR>Not if youre trying to find references on line, for instance. Which I was
<BR>just when this thread started, hence maybe my interest?
<BR>
<BR>In the examples you give, asking for 'hematoxylin' will fail to find
<BR>'haematoxylin' and vice versa. Of course some electronic bibliographic
<BR>systems let you do a wildcard search, and ask for (say) 'h?ematoxylin' which
<BR>would find both forms.
<BR>
<BR>But maybe you wouldnt bother to do this, or even know how the particular
<BR>system you wee using (they're all different) if you'd already decided it was
<BR>trivial, would you? So you'd miss things.
<BR>
<BR>Bye for now - Richard Horobin
<BR>
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">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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