That could be a good option. It brings back memories of Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood wherein the doctor in the neighborhood of make believe named Dr Bill, who was a platypus, had a daughter named Ornithorhynchus Anatinus. For that reason I have known the latin name for the platypus.
Surprisingly it has come in useful more than once. Dan > On May 16, 2020, at 2:02 PM, The Snag <northcoastcomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Has no one bothered to look up the Latin name of the platypus? Anatinus is > the species. I think it sounds quite regal, as people have requested. Beyond > that it is a scientific name, scientific names are used by people worldwide > to communicate effectively. Good start, we're getting cross-cultural. > > Then we go back to gender-neutral first names. My first though was Dylan, not > only a much beloved name in Rivendell but also it's meaning has water-based > roots. But maybe it doesn't flow too well with Anatinus. What does sound good > it Tony, or Toni, or my favorite spelling, Tonee. I have no skin in the game > because my step-thru is a giant Rosco Mtn. mixte, but I think that Tonee > Anatinus would be a bitchin name for a bike. > > Haakon > Tillamook, OR > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e66bef4e-51d9-44d6-a12f-85ae1b084dfc%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/411E8154-464D-460C-B582-654C7E6846C0%40gmail.com.
