Necrophorus~sourceswiki

Thank you for the message; I'll be glad to delete as requested. I thought the apostrophe looked strange but I did not know enough about German to question it. I am still curious about "Thierleben", which in some sites appears as "Tierleben". I would be interested to know when it is correct to include or omit the "h".

Welcome to Wikisource; I hope that you will stay. Eclecticology 16:03, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation about T(h)ierleben. I agree that modernizing the language in some of these old books would be a big job without a lot of rewards. I do not expect your English to be perfec. It is not important for talk pages, as long as people understand what you mean. On articles I will edit things more boldly. On user pages I approach things more diplomatically. Some people appreciate corrections, but others feel insulted by them.

Thanks also for letting us know a little about yourself, and your life as insect 48. I especially look forward to your material about the history of science. Many people working in science to-day too easily forget about the effort that was needed to get where we are. They are too quick to use the word "pseudoscience". In a book that I have from about 1835, the author reflects about the different early attempts to classify the insects. At that time they expected that the number of species could exceed 10,000. (sic!) So many insects, and no textbook to follow. Eclecticology 04:47, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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