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Publishing conventions re-bird names

To: "'Carl Clifford'" <>, "'Neil Cheshire'" <>
Subject: Publishing conventions re-bird names
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:53:49 +1030
Yep, total corrupters of the inglish langwidge.  Always have been. They
believe that only yanks are correct in anything.

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 On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:44 PM
To: Neil Cheshire
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Subject: Publishing conventions re-bird names


Neil,

Unfortunately most Americans (or is that americans) think Grammar is  
some one you visit at Thanksgiving and Christmas for a free feed.

Carl Clifford

On 30/12/2007, at 11:59 AM, Neil Cheshire wrote:

Richard,

The contagion of lower case for bird names has unfortunately spread  
from American scientific journals in
recent years. The passage below perhaps illustrates the problem with  
this approach.

" When the group arrived at the lake a little egret was seen and a  
few minutes later a larger egret flew in.
Later a singing honeyeater was heard but this became inaudible when a  
noisy miner appeared."

Somewhat inconsistently they retain capitals for a personal or  
geographical element of a bird name.

Neil Cheshire

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