Re: Bainoceratops & other basal neoceratopsians

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> In a message dated 5/28/03 2:33:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> npharris@umich.edu writes: 
> 
> << BTW, Is the _bain_ in _Bainoceratops_ the same as the _Bayn_ in 
> Mongolian place names like Bayn Shireh or Bayn Dzak? >> 
> 
> Yes. 
 
Just that it's _bayan_, as in Bayan shiree and Bayanzag. At least that's 
how it's actually written in Mongolian; the Russians apparently didn't 
listen carefully (and didn't bother reading the originals -- in 
Cyrillic!), and then their American colleagues tried to copy the Russian 
versions... ~:-( 
        The i in Bain- is supposed to be pronounced yi, because that's how 
Russian i ( |/| ) (which is used for some such names in Russian texts) is 
pronounced after a vowel. 

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