On Sat, 12 Mar 1994, Sam Cronk wrote:
 
> Just a thought - why not ask the communities themselves what and
> how they would like to be named?
 
Most communities of the world label themselves in their vernacular and it
is a tenuous (if not downright noxious) assumption that they have ready
English languages equivalents for these designations.
 
Unless we adopt a polyglot terminology the problem of devising suitable
English language names will remain.
 
Cary Karp <[log in to unmask]>, Swedish Museum of Natural History
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