[Ads-l] Zby

[Joel S. Berson]

Random thoughts --

Pronunciation -- I think of Zippy/Zibby.  Both he and Zby atlanticus 
are pinheads.

Dinosaur naming -- There is a new eat-in/take-out place in Cambridge 
called "Bagelsaurus" (successor to a weekly pop-up in 
Brookline).   They serve a "t-rex" breakfast sandwich.  Will they be 
sued by pre-established places called "Bagels Are Us"?  Or perhaps by 
the nearby "Bagels By Us" of Arlington?

Joel

At 1/12/2015 07:36 AM, you wrote:

>When I was a lad, dinos had normal and euphonious names like Styracosaurus
>and Parasaurolophus.
>
>Not any more:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zby
>
>Isn't this the first example of the initial Polish "Zb" as New Latin, and,
>hence, English? ("Zbigniew" doesn't count: it's still Polish.)
>
>Unusually, Wiki doesn't recommend any pronunciation. Maybe it's not meant
>to be pronounced, rather like the asterisk in the short-lived Shatner
>series, " * My Father Says."
>
>JL
>
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