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→Cenozoic/cainozoic: yup, you're trouble, I've got my EYE on you now!
Just as, in the table, it should say Paleozoic, dropping the "a". [[User:Human|Human]] 20:10, 3 May 2007 (EDT)
Just as, in the table, it should say Paleozoic, dropping the "a". [[User:Human|Human]] 20:10, 3 May 2007 (EDT)
:I was being a bit cheeky with reverting that change. :-) But is "Cenozoic" really the "modern" name, or just an alternative that some use? Is it (I'm just speculating here) actually a term that Americans use whilst others use the "older" term. Frankly, I don't know enough about the difference, but quick Googling on it the other day suggested to me that Cenozoic was merely an alternative rather than "the modern name", and I gathered that Cainozoic was truer to the roots of the word. Please enlighten me as to the real situation (with specifics if possible, not just opinion). [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:50, 3 May 2007 (EDT)
:I was being a bit cheeky with reverting that change. :-) But is "Cenozoic" really the "modern" name, or just an alternative that some use? Is it (I'm just speculating here) actually a term that Americans use whilst others use the "older" term. Frankly, I don't know enough about the difference, but quick Googling on it the other day suggested to me that Cenozoic was merely an alternative rather than "the modern name", and I gathered that Cainozoic was truer to the roots of the word. Please enlighten me as to the real situation (with specifics if possible, not just opinion). [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:50, 3 May 2007 (EDT)
::Out of curiosity I looked at a couple fo the places I go when "trying to find something out quickly". First, I regret not having a geology textbook handy. I googles cainozoic, on the first page was a link where someone was asking what cainozoic meant, on some astronomy board. They were told it meant "Cenozoic". Then I went to the arch-enemy, the liberal's Christ-killing handbook, WP. Cainozoic simply redirects to Cenozoic. I have a moderate background in being taught science-y stuff (both in the old country and here), and never say the cain spelling until the quote on this page. But I have seen the cen spelling endlessly. It is what the era is called. I wonder if there is a subtle YEC thing going on, since it is the "age of the mammals" (among other things)? You know, "Cain"? Anyway, thanks for replying and explaining. Now can we fix the table? [[User:Human|Human]] 23:08, 3 May 2007 (EDT)
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