Comment on Theropod Tutorial by Droemar
I'm greek you know. And our language is far more complicated than you think. So, don't challenge me...
Take it up with Huxley, man. He's the one who named the species and the clade.
And for someone who speaks Greek, you seem woefully inept at being able to explain to me why "tyrannos" means "dominant" instead of "tyrant."
And for someone who speaks Greek, you seem woefully inept at being able to explain to me why "tyrannos" means "dominant" instead of "tyrant."
Rex refers to king.. Tyranno refers to tyrant. Saurus refers to lizard and reptile. A mix of these 3 words ends up being dominant tyrant reptile. A mix of these words ends up in different meanings and in nouns becoming adjectives. Get it now?
Yeah, see? I didn't think you had a good argument for your BS.
Said the guy who used wikipedia for his arguments
Bahahahaha! Hey, by all means, prove me wrong! Burden of proof is on you, sucker.
grammar and vocabulary is against you though
Yeah, I'm still looking for a source that says that and you can't provide one to save your life, can you?
(Oh, and it's "Grammar and vocabulary ARE against you.")
(Oh, and it's "Grammar and vocabulary ARE against you.")
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No. Because no other source in the world thinks T . rex translates to dominant tyrant reptile. Rex is Latin, not Greek, for one thing, so you can't claim your expertise in Greek. Rex means "king", not "dominant". If it WERE "dominant", the Latin part of the scientific name would be Tyrannosaurus dominari. It's not. It's rex. Therefore, the literal translation is "tyrant lizard king." Huxley named it to be the "king of the tyrant lizards" because he thought it was badass.
And every other source in existence says that's the translation, so at this point you're being willfully ignorant about your own stupidity. You even translated every word as "king, tyrant lizard/reptile" and then just magically change it to dominant because you think your ignorance is equal to my facts. Most languages don't change nouns to adjectives between translations, so I'm also calling bullshit on your ability to speak or comprehend Greek, let alone Latin. You're either lying or too stupid to explain properly, neither of which changes the translation. Ask any paleontologist in the world, and they'll tell you you're wrong. Yutyrannus doesn't mean "yu dominant". Eotyrannus doesn't mean "new dominant." Zhuchengtyrannus doesn't mean "Zhucheng dominant."
So unless you can show me a credible source that names T. rex's translated name as your version, you're full of it.
And every other source in existence says that's the translation, so at this point you're being willfully ignorant about your own stupidity. You even translated every word as "king, tyrant lizard/reptile" and then just magically change it to dominant because you think your ignorance is equal to my facts. Most languages don't change nouns to adjectives between translations, so I'm also calling bullshit on your ability to speak or comprehend Greek, let alone Latin. You're either lying or too stupid to explain properly, neither of which changes the translation. Ask any paleontologist in the world, and they'll tell you you're wrong. Yutyrannus doesn't mean "yu dominant". Eotyrannus doesn't mean "new dominant." Zhuchengtyrannus doesn't mean "Zhucheng dominant."
So unless you can show me a credible source that names T. rex's translated name as your version, you're full of it.