vulgar terminology; continued use of SeeSat-L

Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Sat, 21 Mar 1998 13:26:12 -0500 (EST)

JRespler@surfnj.net (JAY RESPLER) writes: 
> the correct term should be "common" or "proper" name.  I see no way 
> that "vulgar" can be used in this context. 
 
The synonymy for "common" in Webster's New World Dictionary (highly 
recommended!) suggests that "vulgar" is nearly ideal for this usage.  I 
use "vulgar name" in hopes of replacing the previous, misleading usage 
"common name", because as a newbie I spent way too much time struggling, 
thinking that "common names" were usable.  I hope that current newbies 
will be forwarned by "vulgar name" not to expect too much from "vulgar 
names".  There must have been dozens of messages posted to SeeSat-L 
expressing various degrees of inconvenience, lost data, and general 
unhappiness about the sad state of vulgar names. 
 
 
He continues: 
> The more involved observers will continue to use SeeSat-L. 
 
Also hopefully, all the more civil people will do so, and it will grow 
stronger, not weaker. 
 
> I don't have the details at hand, but I'm pretty sure you can get 
> newsgroups via email if you're interested. 
 
I don't have the details either, but I think there is a FAQ floating 
around news.answers or somewhere with much detail. 
 
Cheers. 
 
Walter Nissen                   dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu 
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation 
 
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