nicknames vs common names

Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
Mon Oct 5 13:20:41 EDT 1998


ok, count me in as preferring nickname over common name. as pointed out by
others, the "scientific" name is the only name 'common' to a life form
around the world and use of the phrase 'common name' suggests that there is
something 'uncommon' about the real name. fun stuff
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Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
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