lasiodora wrote: im sorry to say guys their ar ollot off people relying on this site and the forum for advice and motivation for the love of the hobby, i must say im shocked to see how many think of others as stupid. its funny to see that the guy isnt even their to defend him self. are we here to try and be the only little group to own and love a t or are we here to let the hobby grow.
o ja rather try and help the guy in learning latin and not make fun pls u guys are adults not pre school people

Maybe we should wait for Stan to log on and he can respond to your post above.

Edit: Don't think you realise that this is some guy in America and probably written years ago.
Sure the conversation was just put up to show how naive some people are when they refuse to use scientific names.

help the guy in learning latin

The Latin thing again...

Scarab wrote:

help the guy in learning latin

The Latin thing again...

Lol.

You don't have to be a lawyer or a philosopher to learn a few scientific names. You needn't understand what the scientific names mean, and the ability to pronounce them correctly isn't all that important either. It's just a means of avoiding ambiguity.

@lasiodora

look, i know we're all having a laugh at this poor guy's expense, but then again...he agreed to have this published.

its quite simple, if you're into this hobby (whether you have one T or hundreds) the latin names are needed to create and adhere to an international STANDARD, plain and simple.
Without this it'll get quite confusing - imagine ordering T's by common name only - Mexican red leg/flame leg/flame knee/red knee etc etc etc. to name but a few, ask for a Red Rump Tarantula, and then hope you get the one you were actually looking for...

He didn't agree, he pretty much *demanded* it be published. Therefore, he deserved to be admonished for his idiocy. :evil: