# An unfortunate naming mistake by scientists in China

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/an-unfortunate-naming-mistake-by-scientists-in-china/257273>\
**Category:** English Grammar & Usage\
**Created:** [April 30, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/an-unfortunate-naming-mistake-by-scientists-in-china/257273 "2026-04-30T03:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Celeborn](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/celeborn/32/26102_2.png) [@Celeborn](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Celeborn)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/an-unfortunate-naming-mistake-by-scientists-in-china/257273/1 "2026-04-30T03:38:30Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vUnPBKAFFI4/maxresdefault.jpg "an unfortunate naming mistake") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUnPBKAFFI4)

What is there to say? They weren’t native English speakers.

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**Author:** ![SuperS54](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/supers54/32/137985_2.png) [@SuperS54](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/SuperS54)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/an-unfortunate-naming-mistake-by-scientists-in-china/257273/2 "2026-04-30T05:47:20Z")

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[Wack things in China - #632 by SuperS54](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/wack-things-in-china/172439/632) @Andrew provides some good background in the follow up posts.