Comments on: I love Latin http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/ I never touched it, honest! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 Jeremy Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:54:25 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/#comment-2278 J.D.; does it count as edumacation if it is easy? Part of me thinks not. J.D.; does it count as edumacation if it is easy? Part of me thinks not.

]]> By: J. D. Tholl http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 J. D. Tholl Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:00:24 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/#comment-2272 Hey, Luigi, I admire your public-spirited attitude, but I have met countless individuals who aren't worth educating: they aren't happy with knowledge unless it's easily acquired; they don't even care if it's accurate -- "easy" is the charm. No, we can't all just get along. Sometimes one's sanity needs cordial distance. Hey, Luigi, I admire your public-spirited attitude, but I have met countless individuals who aren’t worth educating:
they aren’t happy with knowledge unless it’s easily acquired; they don’t even care if it’s accurate — “easy” is the charm. No, we can’t all just get along. Sometimes
one’s sanity needs cordial distance.

]]> By: luigi http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 luigi Mon, 15 May 2006 23:09:02 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/#comment-1996 Look dudes, I think Latin names are absolutely essential, but it is undeniable that they put people off. Fuck 'em, you'll say, and I'm tempted to agree, but that would be an admission of defeat. There's got to be a way of making nomenclature interesting. Having said that, local names (and their history) also have a fascination - and ethnobotanical importance - of their own. CAn't we all just get along? Look dudes, I think Latin names are absolutely essential, but it is undeniable that they put people off. Fuck ‘em, you’ll say, and I’m tempted to agree, but that would be an admission of defeat. There’s got to be a way of making nomenclature interesting. Having said that, local names (and their history) also have a fascination – and ethnobotanical importance – of their own. CAn’t we all just get along?

]]> By: Jeremy http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Jeremy Mon, 15 May 2006 17:12:38 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/#comment-1995 <p>See Andy, I'm a forgive and forget kind of guy, so welcome aboard the good ship Latin Names Help Us Communicate, with your realisation that if you had referred merely to Poet's Eye few would have realized what you were going on about.</p> <p>Actually, there is a version of 6 degrees of separation in "proper" names that I've toyed with for a long time. I could call it the Limnanthes game, in honour of Poached Eggs (no bacon). But I'm not absolutely sure where to start, or end. Am I being too mysterious? I'll see if I can come up soon with a meaningful post to get the ball rolling. </p> See Andy, I’m a forgive and forget kind of guy, so welcome aboard the good ship Latin Names Help Us Communicate, with your realisation that if you had referred merely to Poet’s Eye few would have realized what you were going on about.

Actually, there is a version of 6 degrees of separation in “proper” names that I’ve toyed with for a long time. I could call it the Limnanthes game, in honour of Poached Eggs (no bacon). But I’m not absolutely sure where to start, or end. Am I being too mysterious? I’ll see if I can come up soon with a meaningful post to get the ball rolling.

]]> By: Andy J http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 Andy J Mon, 15 May 2006 16:49:44 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2006/05/08/i-love-latin/#comment-1994 Perhaps I am now vulnerable for a comment from Luigi, but thought you'd be interested to hear that the five-pettled T. alata in my area (tropical montane forests) is a horrendous invasive that eats up forests. It's quite beautiful to see a blanket of those flowers, but it's a serious pest. The Spanish common name for it is Susanita (remarkable internationality in common names) but also Ojo de Poeta, literally meaning Poet's Eye. Needless to say, Poet's Eyes is the name of a number of other species, for example http://wholesale.thompson-morgan.com/us/es/product/6960/1. Perhaps Jeremy could become an expert in the flower six degrees of seperation game? Perhaps the Baobab is just 3 names away from the black-eyed Susan? We could call it the Black-Eyed Susan game. If Jeremy were to become an expert, no doubt Luigi would have something to say about it. Perhaps I am now vulnerable for a comment from Luigi, but thought you’d be interested to hear that the five-pettled T. alata in my area (tropical montane forests) is a horrendous invasive that eats up forests. It’s quite beautiful to see a blanket of those flowers, but it’s a serious pest. The Spanish common name for it is Susanita (remarkable internationality in common names) but also Ojo de Poeta, literally meaning Poet’s Eye. Needless to say, Poet’s Eyes is the name of a number of other species, for example http://wholesale.thompson-morgan.com/us/es/product/6960/1.

Perhaps Jeremy could become an expert in the flower six degrees of seperation game? Perhaps the Baobab is just 3 names away from the black-eyed Susan? We could call it the Black-Eyed Susan game. If Jeremy were to become an expert, no doubt Luigi would have something to say about it.

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