11-27-2004, 11:02 PM
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Making up names
Geoff Pullum, citing his invention of the term "California bluebush" as a model, suggests that the Inuit have plenty of resources at their disposal for naming newly-encountered species like robins. Geoff mentions the "redbreast" part of "robin redbreast" in comparison,...
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/001666.html
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