Do as I say and not as I do. Ira Sanders Golden CO
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 7:34 AM mblackford <[email protected]> wrote: > Although the paper says they are planning to "discontinue the possessive > (apostrophe -'s,) in patronymic bird names" > They are recommending a name change of Saltmarsh sparrow to Peterson's > Sparrow > > I'm confused... > > > > Maureen Blackford > Boulder County > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: 8/14/20 8:52 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: Colorado Birds <[email protected]> > Subject: [cobirds] Re: So Long McCown's Longspur, Hello Thick-billed > Longspur > > On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 3:03:34 PM UTC-6 wrote: > >> Another thought on these birds named for men (3 women so -honored, >> all by their first names). I think of the Wilson's Warbler or the >> Swainson's Thrush as wild creatures. The " 's " implies possession -- and I >> don't think Wilson owned the warbler or Swainson the thrush. How about >> eliminating all the " 's " from those names? >> > > Hello, Hugh et al. > > For more (much more!) on this matter, see p. 38 ff. here ("Discontinue use > of the possessive (“apostrophe–s”) in patronymic bird names"): > > http://checklist.americanornithology.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2019-A.pdf > > Enjoy! > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > >> >> Hugh Kingery >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ea858e97-68a0-4ecc-b11e-2c2c577d50cen%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ea858e97-68a0-4ecc-b11e-2c2c577d50cen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/20200815133402.3229A30600A9%40mailuser.nyi.internal > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/20200815133402.3229A30600A9%40mailuser.nyi.internal?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siE2i4s%3DrV6E%3DP8AZa4ZqhDzySabBG64BghWagm1tUeLTg%40mail.gmail.com.
