Re: The really dumb thing about the planetary classification conference


"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ekkehard Dengler wrote:
"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A proposal before the IAU conference that ended a few days ago was to
categorize Pluto, Charon, and a couple of other bodies as "plutons".
Never mind the fact that they rejected it given that "pluton" turned
out
already to be a geological term: How was this idea sustainable for any
period of time given the (presumable) participation of astronomers who
speak languages in which "Pluton" is already the name for Pluto?

I should have mentioned that these are more than just one or two.
Referring to the page Yusuf provided: French, Spanish (ignoring the
accent), Galician (ignoring the accent), most of the major Slavic
languages, Basque, Greek, and Farsi.


I'm afraid I have no idea, Harlan, but what irritates me no end about
the
new term is that "[adjective] planet" should logically be a hyponym of
"planet". I really dislike that sort of jargon. In fact, my aversion to
usages like the following probably made it easier for me to empathise
with
Daniel's preoccupation with the meanings of "rare".

The exceptions perplex even further: "fake planet" or "phony planet"
would not logically be a hyponym of "planet".

And "apparent exception" somehow manages to simultaneously be a hyponym of
"exception" and, er, something else.

www.usaid.gov/iraq/form/aan_01-14-04.pdf:
"The purpose of this notice is to provide guidelines for purchasing and
use
of Vehicles and Armored Vehicles."

I've come across legalese like this. It does make it hard to focus
through the tears, doesn't it?

Glad to see I'm not alone.

Regards,
Ekkehard


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