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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
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Keywords: .aquaria
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Date: 13 Oct 89 19:14:47 GMT
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In article <6522@ficc.uu.net> birwin@ficc.uu.net (Bob Irwin) writes:
>Aquaria?  Do you want lousy-spelling Flower Children pursuing the
>Age of Aquarius?  Please use the more common plural of *ium.  Do
>we say, "Put aquaria in the atria." ?  Is aquaria suggested because
>it might 'sound' more scientific?

No, it sounds neater, and has been in usage for longer, and is
more common in other parts of the world. (Read, outside of the US)

>Sci?  Will we have to type Lebistes reticlatus, instead of guppy?

No, if you wanted to be correct, you'd use *Poecilia reticulata*. The
genus was moved twenty five years ago.

The following things are, in my mind, open:

	o Sci vs. something else
	o something.bio.something
	o two groups, one more technically oriented
	o moderatedness

The following things are, in my mind, right out:

	o something.pets.something
	o the name ``aquarium(s)'' over ``aquaria''

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