Stephen,
If I might quote Rick Sibson on this subject:
"Mistruct anyone who talks about pseudotachylyte but can't spell it
properly!"
Nuff said
Bob Holdsworth
Stephen White wrote:
> Dear All,
> Please can someone clarify whether there is a standard
> spelling of pseudotachylyte/pseudotachylite?
>
> Philpotts (1964), Maddock (1983, 1986), Maddock et al.
> (1987), Spray (1987), Teschmer, et al. (1992) and others
> used pseudotachylYte,
> but I have also seen pseudotachylIte used, and Geologische
> Rundschau seem to be insisting on this.
> I like pseudotachylYte, even though it is a bit
> old-fashioned, and I think the change to psedotachylIte is
> part-and-parcel of spelling reforms which include
> palaeontology to paleontology, etc.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> cheers, Stephen White
>
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