North Americans use Hematoxylin and British/Australians use Haematoxylin. I
expect that Heamatoxylin is a misprint. I lived in North America for some
years
and learned English as my second language.
I like the often more phonetic American spellings better (and confuse the two
versions), but how do we reconcile Hematoxylin, when the originating tree
belongs to the genus Haematoxylon.
I won't start a war over that, but think that Hematoxylin should be
illegitimate until Botanist can be convinced to rename the genus to
Hematoxylon.
Cheers
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On Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:25 PM, Philip Oshel
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> >P.S. Anyone care to question the correct spelling of Haematoxylin or
> >Heamatoxylin ?
> >Gordon
>
> Haematoxylin. It's a now-separated diphthong like aeroplane or
> aencyclopedia used be, or aeolian harp (not the lager).
> (Diphthong, noun, from the ancient Greek "Help! my tongue's stuck in the
> back of my teeth!)
>
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