Actually, the revision of the Code does not exclude the use of Latin, but it allows for English to be used as a substitute. Those who wishes to use Latin still can. The Zoological code had abandoned Latin years ago. Nhu On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:59 AM, David Nicholson <d.avensis@virgin.net>wrote: > For a supposed "dead language" Latin has an awful lot of advantages even if > users of it are a little inconsistent. Maybe not as inconsistent as users > of > English. eg American-gray. English-grey. Much more chance of all of us > knowing what is meant if Latin is used. >