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From: john@starfire.UUCP (John Lind)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,news.groups
Subject: Re: ****   Call for Discussion  --  Creation of Sci.Aquaria   ****
Summary: aquaria vs. aquarium stupidity (no offense)
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Date: 10 Oct 89 04:41:26 GMT
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Having already contributed to the plethora of "discussion" on this subject,
I feel free to do so again.

This specious discussion over the appropriateness of "aquarium" and
"aquaria" is driving me NUTS!!!!!  The word "aquaria" is purely and simply
the ALTERNATE (not preferred) PLURAL of the word "aquarium".  Sheesh!  Let's
just say they are interchangable for our purposes, OK?  You can make it
"aquarium" or "aquariums" or "aquaria" if you like, but let's not go off
into some high-sounding discussion of the nuances of meaning.  Blech!

As for those of you who have trouble with grep, I don't have huge
amounts of sympathy.  I noted some time ago that news group names
are just TOO SHORT to carry a great deal of information.  To find
this group, I did a remarkably unremarkable thing.  Here is the
command and the output:
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egrep "aqua|fish" /usr/lib/news/newsgroups

alt.aquaria		The aquarium & related as a hobby.
alt.fishing		Fishing as a hobby and sport.
-
How astounding!  This tells me both the group I want and the fact that we
are pursuing it as a hobby.  Do tell.  Which brings us back to the much
more mainline discussion:  where in the hierarchy...

My gut distinction which causes me to prefer "rec" over "sci" is that
the other "sci" groups are RECOGNIZED and NAMED branches of science.
I haven't checked to see if this is absolutely observed, but I don't
really care -- just because someone else has made a mistake doesn't
mean we should repeat it.  It was pointed out by someone that you
can't get a degree in aquari* science, and that point has becoming
increasingly significant to me as the discussion has proceeded.

By all means, let's go mainstream, under any name.  I just think that
"rec" is more sensible.
-- 
	       John Lind, Starfire Consulting Services
E-mail: john@starfire.UUCP       USnail:   PO Box 13001, Mpls MN  55414