Re: proposed name for Saturnian moon S/2005 S1

In message <4350704d%Vulch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony Frost <Vulch@xxxxxxxxx> writes 
In message <1116884850.361113.237300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
         cfleon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Biological taxonomy probably serves as the bad example for something to
> avoid. Decades aga, one fellow submitted a lot of proposed generic
> names for beetles he described. The names got approved until an English
> speaker noticed Peggikishme, Suziekishme, Marikishme and a slew of
> others. They cracked down on the frivolity after that.

Chemistry naming got tightened up a bit after someone having a bad name
day labelled a new sugar as godnose...


The someone was Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (before he won the Nobel prize) but there seems to be argument as to whether it was the editor of Nature or the Biochemical Journal who objected.
But you've still got bastardane, curious chloride, megaphone, and windowpane, so the rules are still fairly loose (thanks to <http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm> for these and more).
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