[Python-ideas] Does jargon make learning more difficult?

[Alexandre Brault]

On 2018-08-15 03:32 PM, MRAB wrote:
> On 2018-08-15 18:27, MRAB wrote:
>> On 2018-08-15 09:17, Jonathan Fine wrote:
>>> Steve Barnes and Greg Ewing wrote:
>>>
>>>>>   * A dinosaur is specifically an extinct terrible (formerly
>>>>> considered)
>>>>> lizard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which technically is not a lizard.
>>>
>>> I can't resist. Puffinus puffinus is the scientific name for
>>>
>>> (drum roll)
>>>
>>> no, not the Atlantic (or common) Puffin but
>>>
>>> (off-pitch fanfare)
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_shearwater
>>>
>> While we're at it, what's the only creature that's known commonly and
>> only by its scientific name?
>>
> The answer is boa constrictor.
>
I would have guessed Tyrannosaurus Rex