Reptiles

Lee Berman · 07 Jan 2011, 15:26 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:26:53 -0500
Subject: (urth) Reptiles
Message-ID: <SNT123-w32E1FFFCC8666E6ED65670CF0B0 at phx.gbl>

>David Stockhoff: I think that is basically what Lee is saying in his retraction, and I 
>agree, especially when the situation allows for some slippage (e.g., 20,000  years have passed).

Well, to clarify further, if I'm watching TV and a chimpanzee is shown and somebody says, "oh
what a cute monkey!" I may or may not say, "ape, actually", depending on who is speaking.

When I read Robinson Crusoe or some other old book and a character remarks, "the ape didst gnaw
upon its own tail", I can appreciate the archaic use of the word. And I think maybe Wolfe was
going for that sort of usage to go along with his other archaic terms and names rather than 
making a linnaean error.

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