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WaPo: Botanists agree to loosen Latin’s grip.

Boo, hiss. I still call most plants and animals by their Latin names - they’re more rhythmic. And, Quae nocent, saepe docent. Then again, I took eight years of Latin. 

01/19/12 • 12:01 AM • History • Scholarly • Science • (3) Comments

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Film, meet digital.

Posted by crazybutable on 01/19/12 at 10:28 AM

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just call me ‘Kodachromicus.’

Posted by Garret P Vreeland on 01/19/12 at 12:12 PM

Kodachromicus robustus!

Posted by Hal on 01/19/12 at 07:04 PM

 

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