Posted by alexandra_k on January 4, 2006, at 21:26:23
In reply to 10th planet discoverer speaks » alexandra_k, posted by zeugma on January 4, 2006, at 20:18:52
ROFL!!!
Sounds like they need a philosopher or three ;-)
You know...
I think biologists encountered something similar with lillies...
Apparantly... The trouble is that Onions and Garlic count as lillies but the folk wouldn't have that...
So they abandoned talk of 'lilly' (a scientific class which did have to include onions and garlic though the folk wouldn't have that)...
To talk about 'lillicue' (or something like that) which excludes onions and garlic (and a lot else...) fairly ad hoc...
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