Am I the only one bothered by the term "T's?"

[MikeC]

Your generation did indeed get cell phones around 10...the rich kids had Nokias, the not-so-rich kids still had pagers. Those silly pagers still had abbreviations and codes too. One of my stepdaughters is 27 too, and I remember that stuff all too well. She had an orange pager...and those of us who remember rotary landline phones were paying the bill, haha. Or is it LOL?

Anyhow, sorry to stray off topic.:laugh:

Well, shoot. I feel like I missed out, then. None of my friends growing up, nor myself, had phones that early. I think I got my first one around 15-16?

 

[Beary Strange]

Yeah. "Eradicate, destroy them all" <-- from "Disarmonia Mundi - Nihilistic overdrive".
Good guys.

I totally read that in a Dalek voice in my mind. XD;;;;

 

[advan]

People using it verbally or via a keyboard annoy the oop: out of me.

In a perfect world, I'd prefer that someone would take the time to type out Pterinochilus Murinus or Chromatoplema Cyaneopubescens, but those are much longer and more complicated than "tarantula."

Actually in a perfect world, people would follow ICZN code and not capitalize species names and use italics.

Later, Tom

 

[PRE66 6TART]

I still try to use the full word when replying to someone new to the forum

I figured out what T meant immediately when I first found the forum (it's pretty obvious), but someone did reply to my very first post, in which I was asking to get a species identified, by saying they thought it might be an MM, and I think it took me several weeks to realize that MM wasn't a species.

 

[MikeC]

People using it verbally or via a keyboard annoy the oop: out of me.

Actually in a perfect world, people would follow ICZN code and not capitalize species names and use italics.

Later, Tom

Yes, I would agree there. That happens to be one of my shortcuts. Call me a hypocrite, but at least it's more than a single letter.
Pterinochilus murinus etc, etc.

 

[Beary Strange]

Yes, I would agree there. That happens to be one of my shortcuts. Call me a hypocrite, but at least it's more than a single letter.
Pterinochilus murinus etc, etc.

[strike]Call me pedantic (and understand, I'm being totally lighthearted in my poking at you) but it's: Pterinochilus murinus...is what Advan was trying to say. Genus is capitalized, species italicized and not capitalized.[/strike]
I am a derp, ignore me.:bruised:

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

but it's: Pterinochilus murinus...is what Advan was trying to say. Genus is capitalized, species italicized and not capitalized.

No, try again.

 

[Philth]

Actually in a perfect world, people would follow ICZN code and not capitalize species names and use italics.

Later, Tom

haha ! ^^ Its worse when you claim you're a "dealer" and don't know simple rules.

Later, Tom

 

[Beary Strange]

No, try again.

Well, obviously this was my understanding of how it should be. I don't object to being corrected, so please show me the proper way.

Edit: Nevermind, I see where I went wrong. PTX was in the right and I apologize. Not sure where I picked up that only species is italicized.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

Well, obviously this was my understanding of how it should be. I don't object to being corrected, so please show me the proper way.

Edit: Nevermind, I see where I went wrong. PTX was in the right and I apologize. Not sure where I picked up that only species is italicized.

In all fairness though, writing a species name in italics isn't a rule, but a recommendation according to the ICZN. The recommendation is to use any type-face different from the text. This is typically italics and you usually see that in the scientific literature, but one could underline the binomial name and it would still satisfy the ICZN recommendation. Also according to the ICZN, standard format in referring to a species includes the authority and year. That is, the one who originally described the species and the year it was published. For example, Pternochilus murinus Pocock, 1897. But this is an internet forum not a publication so the ICZN rules and recommendations don't apply, shouldn't apply, and will never apply. My feelings are that if one is to use binomial nomenclature in an internet forum, one should at least attempt to do it correctly.

Some references...

http://iczn.org/content/should-all-names-be-written-italics
http://iczn.org/content/what-standard-format

http://iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp
Scroll down to Appendix B: General Recommendations then read number 6.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

You know the use of ICZN for International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature really bugs me...

 

[viper69]

You know the use of ICZN for International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature really bugs me...

You're an acronym Nazi too!

 

[14pokies]

I honestly cant believe that 7 pages have been dedicated to this rediculous topic...

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I know! I can't believe it either!


I was sure we'd have at least 14 pages by now.

 

[320TONY]

Love the Using "T" to shortain up Tarantula ! Stop being so anal and offended, there much more important things to bother you. I have always called my shirt T'S also. Don't bother me a bit. Any way I have to go feed some T'S and if you really think I ment my T shirts wel, l I don't want call you names.

 

[BobGrill]

Love the Using "T" to shortain up Tarantula ! Stop being so anal and offended, there much more important things to bother you. I have always called my shirt T'S also. Don't bother me a bit. Any way I have to go feed some T'S and if you really think I ment my T shirts wel, l I don't want call you names.

Okay who is getting offended here? I think you're exaggerating a bit. It's just a MINOR pet peeve to some of us.

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[parthicus]

Okay who is getting offended here? I think you're exaggerating a bit. It's just a MINOR pet peeve to some of us.

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My thoughts exactly.

 

[skar]

Ts, pokies .... Shrugs doesn't bother me a bit.

 

[Ellenantula]

Ts, pokies .... Shrugs doesn't bother me a bit.

Me either. I am surprised the thread went on this long.

 

[MikeC]

[strike]Call me pedantic (and understand, I'm being totally lighthearted in my poking at you) but it's: Pterinochilus murinus...is what Advan was trying to say. Genus is capitalized, species italicized and not capitalized.[/strike]
I am a derp, ignore me.:bruised:

I happen to like pedantic folks.
Surprise, surprise, I know. I seem like such an easy going fellow.

---------- Post added 09-20-2015 at 11:53 PM ----------

Love the Using "T" to shortain up Tarantula ! Stop being so anal and offended, there much more important things to bother you. I have always called my shirt T'S also. Don't bother me a bit. Any way I have to go feed some T'S and if you really think I ment my T shirts wel, l I don't want call you names.

While I can't argue with my tendency to be "anal," I can say I'm not really offended by it.
It just bothers me.

As a side note, I resisted temptations to correct your misspellings and poor use of punctuation in that post. You know, just because there are more important things to spend my time on.

---------- Post added 09-20-2015 at 11:56 PM ----------

I honestly cant believe that 7 pages have been dedicated to this ridiculous topic...

Fixed that for you.


Why? It's just a conversation. You also seem genuinely offended by it, which I can't honestly believe.