[jbovlaste] Re: Esther Chapter 2

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 14 October 2009 13:26:37 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> But Pierre, unless it is clear that C.molmol is the generally accepted
> form, why bother changing from C.myrrh?  It's just one guy's opinion
> (Engler's) against another's (Nees').

Because "molmol" is easier to make a fu'ivla of.

One might also ask why hemlocks of the genus Conium are called in 
Spanish "cicuta", which is the other genus of hemlock, or why Pelargonium is 
called "geranium" in English. Common names don't have to match scientific 
names, even if they are derived from or cognate with them. In the case of 
hemlock, "conium" would have turned into a word that sounds almost or exactly 
like a part of the female anatomy.

Pierre