On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:43:50 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


(Greatly snipped to make a slightly off thread point)

I think that to a large extent the demographics and needs of "a group of
fishermen" varies across different parts of the country

Many herbalists are divided on the question of latin names. Some are
convinced when they ask about a particular herb and find out that
there are several herbs with the same common name. Some of them
useless, some even dangerous. There would be quite a few Asian
immigrants who'd be either in better health or alive today if they'd
been informed enough to understand that. Stuff from one country to
another that looks the same may feed you in one country and harm you
in another. Stuff with the same name, same thing.

If you're going to be in only one part of one country and do whatever
in that part only with others who live there, common names are fine.
But if you're going to eat stuff, well...

Now we know the fish don't know the latin names, so all the above is
moot, isn't it?

But fishermen (being humans and, therefore sapient (it's in the latin
name, innit?)) can observe the local insectivorous fauna and then
their flys and chose. Or ask whoever lured them to that clave to
point things out. And we're not going to eat the flies, so the worst
that will happen is we'll be on a lake or a stream and just have the
fresh air and scenery and the pleasure of being there.

BTW, gotta love that Indian Joe method.
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