Subject: Re: 1st Year Male Amer Redstarts (was: Am. Redstart in Idaho)
Date: Jul 5 19:57:29 1998
From: Rob Saecker - rsaecker at thurston.com


At 5:28 PM -0700 7/5/98, Jim McCoy wrote:
>
>Usage of terms like this seems to me to be a misguided attempt to remove
>any possibility of ambiguity. "Definitive alternate plumage" is a rather
>opaque expression, and there's not much point in sacrificing clarity for
>the sake of clarity.

I have to agree on that one.

>People complain bitterly about the use of "legalese," but at least the
>lawyers have good reasons for using it.

Yes, lawyers have good reasons; they use legalese so that no one but
another lawyer will understand it, thereby ensuring the continued
employment of a large number of people who we wouldn't otherwise have any
use for.

Rob Saecker
Olympia