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Old August 25th 06, 06:28 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Neave
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Default A linguistic catastrophe... 'dwarf planet' is not a planet!

"Pluto is a dwarf planet, but we are now faced with the absurdity that a
dwarf planet is not a planet," Gingerich retorted. "Is a human dwarf not
a human?"

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/003504.html