Colin,
Mea Culpa, I noticed that typo after the email went out. It will be
interesting to see how long they remain independent. Guatemala has
been casting covetous eyes on Belize for a long time and has been
making claims on portions of Belize.
Carl Clifford
On 07/01/2008, at 9:04 AM, Colin Scouler wrote:
Carl,
You mean "was a British colony". Belize became independent in 1981,
though the Queen is still the head of state.
Colin Scouler.
On 06/01/2008, at 4:56 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
Andrew,
Seeing as the official language in Belize is English* and is a
British colony, I can not imagine why they would object to English
language common names. They may object to them being imposed by the
Americans though.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
* CIA World Factbook
On 07/01/2008, at 1:55 PM, Andrew Taylor wrote:
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:20:49PM +1100, Carl Clifford wrote:
Seeing as the Americans have claimed naming rights to the Neo-
tropical species,
The AOU's South American Classification Committee seems to do a good
job to me, and I've heard more knowledgable people say the same.
It has
representation from outside the US - and a lot of neotropical
work is
done from the US. I doubt Spanish&Portugese speakers resent the AOU
choosing English common names either - maybe there is great antipathy
in Belize but I doubt it.
Andrew
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