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g'day all,
Philip Veerman's explanation was
excellent.
1
For a bit more background refer to -
Recommended English Names for Australian
Birds The Emu, Volume 77, Supplement, May 1978
which included a section "Style and
Conventions" that explains -
- Orthography
- Capital Letters
- Possessive 'S'
- Hyphenation
and includes reasons for some "exceptions to
the rule"
In other words there was a tremendous amount of
discussion re the current RENs (Recommended English
Names)
2
Some interesting discussion re RENs were
included in Wingspans
- # 10 June
1993 Towards a New Checklist
- # 11 Sept 1993 Is
the tail wagging the dog ?
- # 12 Dec 1993, The
great debate
- # 13 March 1994 Ren or Fairy-wren
?
- # 14 June 1994 Ren -
a never ending story.
Regards
Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW
Qld.
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