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From: Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: World Science Day for Peace and Development (10 November)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:08:34 +0100
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On 2024-11-11 09:43:56 +0000, Ross Clark said:

> zzzzzz....Oh! UNESCO, 2002-
> 
> "It might be thought that language isn't a relevant topic on this day..."
> But Crystal has a few words to say about alternative terms for 
> linguistics (or some sub- or super-field thereof) which involve the 
> word "science": language science(s), linguistic science, speech 
> science, phonetic science
> 
> OK, still boring. Let's move on.

Best to omit the "science" from all of these.

"Anything with 'science' in its name isn't a science." See 
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/26/not-science/

Think of Christian Science, social science, political science, etc.

-- 
Athel cb