Nomenclature Fail

August 22nd, 2008

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8 Responses to Nomenclature Fail

  1. pannonica on August 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 am

    What’s the big problem here? It’s a bit engrishy, but nothing spectacular. It refers to Macaca assamensis (common name: Assam macaque), named for where it was originally discovered, the Assam section of eastern India.

    Aside from the missing t in “forest,” and some other minor typos, I really don’t see anything overly objectionable.

    Have you noticed how critical and cantankerous everyone is getting here?

  2. Jeff on August 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    Wait, it refers to George Allen?

  3. Anonymous on August 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    this seems like a report a third or fourth grader would make… not good grounds for a legit English fail.

    • L on August 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 pm

      I don’t think it’s a school project, though. It looks like one of those information boards they have outside the animal enclosures at zoos.

  4. Ipecac on August 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    The sign is WRONG several times over; therefore it is a FAIL. I am tired of people trying to quantify the posts. Just enjoy the craziness that’s out there.

  5. anon on August 22nd, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Yes, but it dilutes the whole when some postings are weak, as this one is.

    • awesome on August 25th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

      Because we should totally make sure the internet is a pure place, full of material that betters our lives in ways we could never achieve outside of it.

      Your logic is akin to a genocide mentality.

  6. Loquacity on August 23rd, 2008 at 6:52 am

    I wonder where this is – they’ve used the UK version of “colour” but the US version of “gray” (that is, aside from the obvious errors. And that strange capital T in the middle of the second paragraph …)

    L

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