Re: Neanderthal Question ...

[Ronn!Blankenship]

At 11:21 PM 6/22/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote:
...
> >
> > How dare you say Neanderthal!
> >
> > That's Neandertal.
> >
> > Greg Bear spells it Neandertal.
> >
> > Robert J. Sawyer spells it Neanderthal.
        "Tal" is German for valley.  It used to be spelled "Thal",
and that's preserved in some place names.  So either should be
fine, but Julia's right, one should say "tal".


However, the Eudora spell-check insists that "Neanderthal" is spelled 
correctly and "Neandertal" is spelled incorrectly.



        It's like L'Hospital, the French mathematician.  Current
texts spell his name using the "o with a hat over it" instead of
an "os".  This is certainly easier on the students, since one
does not say the "s".


But that removes the opportunity for pun-loving students to express just 
how sick the topic makes them . . .



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