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[log in to unmask] writes:
, but there's no such thing as 'bottom supering' as
'super' is Latin for 'upon'.
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Sorry if my previous message becomes a post - I was typing, got a phone
call, bumped the touch pad - all while I was looking up the spelling of the
word I knew was wrong.
So, please excuse my senior moment. Chris is correct, but the problem is
more than just phrasing, or Latin origins of words. (And I did have 4
years of Latin).
As a scientist and biologist, I was taught to avoid anthropomorphosism.
'Anthropomorphism is when someone attributes human feelings and
characteristics to something is not human. Anthropo means human and morphism is form
or shape'.
I had profs who would assign an F if one were to use such a term to
describe any other animal - although they might allow some latitude with respect
to primates. But insects, certainly not acceptable.
However, in the world of discussions of honey bees, that rule is routinely
violated, and no one seems to notice. Division of labor, nurse bees, queen
piping, dance language ......
The list is LONG.
Jerry
anthropomorphosis (ˌænθrəpəˈmɔːfəsɪs)
(http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html) — n transformation into human form
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