Jan Coffey wrote:
>
> --- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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".
> > 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". On the other hand, HE spelled it with the
> > "os". So both are right, in various ways.
> >
>
> Uh> to me it's like your arguing over what shade of brown.....dirt is.
Well, *that* depends on the dirt in question. Or was that your point?
Julia
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