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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 18:06:15 -0500 (EST)
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
To: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Cc: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: The starting phase of the PhyloCode and other issues
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, David Marjanovic wrote: > Why is Article 17.1. so restrictive? I suggest to treat all > diacritical signs like diaereses in Note 17.1.1. Today, scientific > names come from languages around the globe, for most of which Latin > respectively English simply hasn't got enough letters. Why not allow > Cha=F1aresuchus, U=F1enlagia or Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum? > (Optimistically assuming that your mail reader programs can read > this... :-] ) Mine doesn't, and I think that is a small part of the answer.... > Or tone marks on Chinese names? I doubt any of ours could read that. I think the article is a good one. Allowing diacritical marks could lead to confusion. (Suppose two names were identical except that one had a grave over an 'a'? Even worse, if one had a grave and another had an acute mark?) Sticking to 26 distinct letters also allows for easier typesetting and, as we've seen here, electronic communication. ___________________________________________________________________________= __ T. MICHAEL KEESEY Home Page <http://dinosauricon.com/keesey> The Dinosauricon <http://dinosauricon.com> personal <keesey@bigfoot.com> --> <tmk@dinosauricon.com> Dinosauricon-related <dinosaur@dinosauricon.com> AOL Instant Messenger <Ric Blayze> ICQ <77314901> Yahoo! Messenger <Mighty Odinn>