As Moose is being tendentious, so shall I.
Time for some biological pedantry.
Thats small 'a' ...alphabeticii... to be correct.
As I remember the '-us' ending incorporates the pluratity of the
whole genus while a singular species requires a different ending,
usually '-ii' if named after a non-Latinate place, thing or person.
But then I failed Latin in first form (Grade 7) so I may well be wrong.
Not about the small 'a' though!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 22/08/2008, at 8:38 AM, J. Van Brimmer wrote:
> You guys are getting all excited about these crows that can spell
> words
> in the air. Aren't you aware that these are obviously from the species
> of Corvus Alphabetus, or spelling crows. Geesh, where did y'all go to
> school anyways?!
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