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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> For what it's worth (possibly nothing), from Wikipedia: |
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> The application of Gentoo to the penguin is unclear, according to the OED, |
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> which reports that Gentoo was an Anglo-Indian term, used as early as 1638 to |
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> distinguish Hindus in India from Muslims, the English term originating in |
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> Portuguese gentio (compare "gentile"); in the twentieth century the term |
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> came to be regarded as derogatory. |
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> This needs to be followed up. One interesting publication would be |
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> @article{calaby1999european, |
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> title={The European Discovery and Scientific Description of Australian |
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> Birds.}, |
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> author={Calaby, JH}, |
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> journal={Historical Records of Australian Science}, |
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> volume={12}, |
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> number={3}, |
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> pages={313--329}, |
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> year={1999}, |
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> publisher={CSIRO} |
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> } |
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> |
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> to which I do not have access. However, this investigation is not over. |
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> The scientific name of the Gentoo Penguin is Pygoscelis papua. It should not |
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> be difficult to find the original description? |
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Nice Davis! |
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