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Harry Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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I see no problem with this match-up.

Harry


At 05:34 PM 10/4/2014, worldwide wrote:
>Would the new Smithsonian museum name then not 
>be confused with National Museum of Natural 
>History (France)?  If the acronym for the 
>National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) is 
>changed to NMNH, it is still different that 
>National Museum of Natural History (France) MNHN 
>for Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.  Confusing at best...
>
>Rich
>
>
>At 04:57 PM 10/4/2014, you wrote:
>>Other nitpickers among us,
>>
>>I take it, based on Internet propaganda, that 
>>the United States National Museum should now be 
>>referred to as the National Museum of Natural 
>>History. This is "our" division of the 
>>Smithsonian Institution in the nation's capital.
>>
>>For formal taxonomic purposes, does the 
>>time-honored acronym, USNM, survive the 
>>revisionists', or has it been "emended" to NMNH?
>>
>>Harry
>>
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