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Re: paleonet Welcome to The Palaeo-oological Discussion Group



Let's get really out there--palaeoooooology. Yum, yum.

Judith

judith harris
emerita professor
university of colorado museum
p.o. box 278
chama, nm  87520
harrisj@valornet.com


On Sep 12, 2006, at 7:00 AM, Leigh Van Valen wrote:

> Like Jere, I think 'palaeooology' is too gorgeous to lose.  'Zoology'
> lost its dieresis long ago.
>  -Leigh
>
>> Hi every body,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your emails.
>>
>> I totally agree that for practical reasons we should shorten the as
>> much as we can, as well as all the different variables (Palaeoology,
>> Paleooology,Paleoölogy, and Paleooölogy) should appear in the
>> dictionary...
>>
>> By accident like evolution works, we are witnessing and contributing
>> to the legal and official birth of a new scientific area.
>>
>> Thank you very much, indeed!
>>
>>
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> Xavier Panades I Blas
>> 55, Marksbury Road
>> Bedminster
>> Bristol BS3 5JY
>> England (EC)
>>
>> http://www.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~xp1pls/
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