Re: Stability of WG2

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Dec 16 2003 - 16:42:15 EST

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    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.

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    Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com
    


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