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Hebejeebie

Adolf Ceska aceska at TELUS.NET
Mon Mar 24 03:02:12 CST 2003


According to the Principle V of the International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature,

"Scientific names of taxonomic groups are treated as Latin regardless of
their derivation."

If you read "Hebejeebie" as any classical non-English scholar would (or
should) you will get

"He-be jeb je", which - unfortunately - in Czech means: "Hebe - f... them!"

Yours sincerely,

Adolf Ceska, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada






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