Re: Names
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- Subject: Re: Names
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 06:50:00 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 zebra@chcs.com wrote:
> From: Scott Aitken <zebra@chcs.com>
>
> Ross Bishop <ross@dsrt.com> writes:
> >>> As I retagged all my iris this last week, all you hybridizers out there
> >>> who insist on putting long names on your creations have earned my
> >>> eternal wrath. "Anna Belle Babson" my foot!
>
> and <Irisborer@aol.com> writes:
> >Kathyguest... loving folks who name their irises PELE
>
> PELE is one of my father's (Terry Aitken). I remember that one of the
> reasons he chose that name was because it was short. They used to have to
> hand-label the thousands of irises they mailed out every year. They really
> hated long names.
>
> Now they have their labels computerized. Phew! So they don't worry as much
> about long names. Brevity is still pretty ingrained, though. :-)
>
> Scott.
>
I think it is a trend to use the shorter names with the smaller
irises (medians) in keeping with the class; however, PRIVILEGED CHARACTER
is a little long for a SDB. Also, names are getting longer because most
of the shorter names have been registered already. Walter Moores
