(urth) Reptiles

[David Stockhoff]

Exactly. I'm with you.

On 1/7/2011 10:26 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
>> David Stockhoff: I think that is basically what Lee is saying in his retraction, and I
>> agree, especially when the situation allows for some slippage (e.g., 20,000  years have passed).
>
> Well, to clarify further, if I'm watching TV and a chimpanzee is shown and somebody says, "oh
> what a cute monkey!" I may or may not say, "ape, actually", depending on who is speaking.
>
> When I read Robinson Crusoe or some other old book and a character remarks, "the ape didst gnaw
> upon its own tail", I can appreciate the archaic use of the word. And I think maybe Wolfe was
> going for that sort of usage to go along with his other archaic terms and names rather than
> making a linnaean error. 		 	   		


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