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    20 hours ago

    Nowhere did I claim that Sphenisciformes were related to Alcidae,

    This debate boils down purely to word usage and prescriptivism vs descriptivism; which order/family of seabirds does the term “penguin” refer to? Who cares! This is entirely Argumentum ad Dictionarium!

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      118 hours ago

      I didn’t consider it a debate in the first place, but yes, I’m aware of how the words have changed in their application. That seemed to be a central theme of the entire post 🤷