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Greg,<div><br></div><div>Have you checked with a consultant yet? We use all lower-case. I think for dictionary entries they ought to be the same.</div><div><br></div><div>I think the problem is that some species are named for areas, the names of which are capitalized. So "River Red gum" (gum tree found near the River Red?) looks inconsistent. But River Red has to be capitalized. However, River Red Gum looks like something that comes in commercial packaging and is chewed. On the other hand, if it is a red gum tree found near rivers you wouldn't necessarily capitalize it. </div><div><br></div><div>If you have a bird book (or tree book or fish book), the species are always capitalized. </div><div><br></div><div>SO what to do? Like I say, we use lower-case, but then again our species names aren't based on named locations, although there are mountain macaws, black palm macaws, blood macaws, etc. If you indeed have species names based on named locations OR the consultant (or the community) insists you capitalize the entries AND it still looks inconsistent to you, you can always make special sections for birds, toads and frogs, ocean fish, river fish, etc. Some dictionaries have these with illustrations as well. Here the names would be capitalized as in a bird book.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes and beware of those who favor birds and flowers over against sharks and poison-dart frogs. (Any Dendrobates?)</div><div><br></div><div>-Chaz</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:50 AM, Greg and Heather Mellow wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; position: relative; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; z-index: 1; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><p style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Apparently there is some controversy about how to capitalise (or capitalize) the common names of plants and animals.</div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; ">The great white shark and the tiger shark can apparently be written with minuscule, but Cattle Egret and Snowy Egret are written with capitals. The names River Red Gum and Common Daisy are written with capitals, but poison dart frog and cane toad can be written with minuscule.</div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; ">If I use a combination of capitals and non-capitals for animals and plants, the dictionary will look inconsistent. I have already been 'corrected' for not using capitals, and again for using capitals.</div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; ">What is common practice among lexicographers of minority languages?</div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Regards, Greg</div></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 0px; "></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div>
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