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Academia is all about prestige. You gotta let them have it, it's the main thing they care about. But you're right about names for groups of animals, called "te
by iaabtpbtpnn 5y ago
Academia is all about prestige. You gotta let them have it, it's the main thing they care about.
But you're right about names for groups of animals, called "terms of venery", were originally intended to mark a speaker as educated enough (in hunting traditions) to know the words, not for serious communication about animals.
- OJFord 5y ago> Academia is all about prestige. You gotta let them have it, it's the main thing they care about. That couldn't be further from my experience, I almost always emailed 'Dr Blah', because it just seemed correct to me, but they'd sign off 'Tom' (or whatever).