Hey guys

You say pohtahto
I say potayto
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jim wrote:

> 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
> Jim Darley
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> On Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:25 PM, Philip Oshel
>[SMTP:oshel@terracom.net]
> wrote:
> > >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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