Re: Scaevola revisited
- To: Mediterannean Plants List <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Scaevola revisited
- From: T* &* M* R* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 20:45:50 +1300
- References: <msg789878.thr-be4474.f7aeb@monterey.edu>
Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> Just thought you all would find this bit of info interesting:
>
> 42,n1. Scaevola is really a feminine adjective,
> used as a noun, meaning little left hand; but, being used as the
> name of a man (originally a nickname), it became masculine.
Barry
Thanks for this. Its amazing what turns up once one begins to pursue a
theme.
Perhaps I am being a bit paranoid, but I suspect chauvenism here. Why
should it be presumed that a left-hander would be female?
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
