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  Msg # 32006 of 32031 on ZZUK4449, Thursday 11-05-25, 12:39  
  From: SOLAR PENGUIN  
  To: THE TRUE MELISSA  
  Subj: Re: Doctor Who and the Homo Aquas  
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 XPost: rec.arts.drwho 
 From: solar.penguin@gmail.com 
  
 The True Melissa  wrote: 
 > In article , 
 > blueshirt@indigo.news says... 
 >> 
 >> Just leaving this here... 
 >> 
 >> https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-whos-sea-devils-are-now-called-homo-aqua 
 >> 
 >> Personally, I'd have gone with Homo-Aquatic Reptillia myself... 
 > 
 > If they can breathe water, they're not hominids. That 
 > term means more than walking on two legs or using tools. 
 > It's a biologial grouping. 
 > 
  
 Not only is it bad science, it’s also bad Latin. IIRC ‘aqua’ is a 
 noun, not an adjective. 
  
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 solar penguin 
  
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