Yahoo and Latin
J.E. Shields (Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:46:09 PST)
From scientific illiteracy, like most of America.
Jim Shields
At 01:32 PM 2/11/2008 -0800, you wrote:
Does Yahoo suffer from backward thinking or just backward technology? Or
both?
On Feb 11, 2008 11:15 AM, Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> wrote:
PBS uses Latin names, and Yahoo blushes. Well, just North American
Yahoo. The Yahoos in Japan, Taiwan and the U.K. either didn't
notice, or are more sophisticated.
A message from PBS contained the Latin name of that giant aroid.
Yahoo noticed that part of that name was a term for a body part.
Rather a high-class term, but nevertheless, Yahoo in North America
blocked its members from receiving PBS messages. .......
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