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Re: TLAs

In a message dated 1/26/01 7:20:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
wellington10 at hotmail_com writes:

<<  Scheel has a list of codes in his book.  To 
 my knowledge this was the begining of the three letter codes. >>

My distaste for TLAs began when I first read Scheel's Rivulins of the Old 
World.  I found it difficult to follow by constantly having to look up the 
TLAs.  I was new to killies then, and also thought it rather unprofessional 
to use TLAs rather than the  scientific name.  I still feel that way, even 
though I have occasionally used the TLAs of some of the more common species, 
like SJO.  How many of us know what an ANS, BAU or a CAR is without looking 
it up?  I know some of us do, but not me.  Please let us not get into 
dreaming up more TLAs.  I would rather see abbreviations of scientific names 
used, following the accepted practices for abbreviating.   

There, I said it and I'm glad.  Back to lurking now.

Bob Prather 
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