From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Dec 16 2003 - 16:42:15 EST
At 16:05 -0500 2003-12-16, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:
>Thus when Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus were found to be synonyms,
>Apatosaurus was chosen as the preferred name because it was
>published first; however, this is not properly describable as
>"changing the name of Brontosaurus to 'Apatosaurus'". "Brontosaurus"
>is a perfectly good name and may still be used even though it is
>dispreferred.
Brontosaurus was good enough for me when I was five, and it's good
enough for me today. Hmpf. Dispreferred me elbow.
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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