Thanks to Nathan Lange for his economic or psychological perspective on
why people cling to superseded names. Probably the most egregious
example of this tendency is the refusal of the United States to switch
to the international ("metric") system of measurements. You would think
inches and feet were in the US Constitution alongside the Second
Amendment. The rest of the world has been dragged, though sometimes
kicking and screaming, into agreement.
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA