[Tweeters] Amerigo Vespucci and the biggest loser

[Dennis Paulson via Tweeters]

Europa is the name of a princess in Greek mythology, so indeed an eponym. Although it may have originated from “eur” (wide) and “op” (referring to vision), so perhaps means wide-seeing.

And of course you mean Red Junglefowl, don’t you? Or is it Gallus gallus? ;-)

And I agree with you entirely.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Jun 23, 2024, at 2:45 PM, heapbigdoc at netscape.net via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> Yes, it was mostly intended in jest, but if the AOS really means to go ahead with getting rid of eponymous common names shouldn't they be consistent? And shouldn't they change "European" and "Eurasian" just to be safe, since Europe may be an eponym? 

> 

> Then there's absurdity of re-re-changing Rivoli's Hummingbird, Morelet's Seedeater, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Montezuma Quail (I leave Lucifer Hummingbird as an exercise for the student). Or perhaps they could use the common sense of the ordinary chicken instead of going out of their way to create confusion.

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