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\\\"In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville/Ishmael consistently asserts that whales are fish. There\\\'s a whole chapter on it. He even goes on to warn of those who might lead the reader astray through talk of mammals and the like, which he essentially counters with \\\"Come on guys, they\\\'re totally fish.\\\" Although he does acknowledge that they breathe air and give birth to live young, he still insists that they are, somehow, fish. Possibly a deliberate example of Unreliable Narrator, with Ishmael making the error, not Melville. Blurs with Science Marches On.\\\"
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with [[LanguageDrift colloquially widespread referring]] to any aquatic animal as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]]), and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with [[LanguageDrift colloquially widespread referring]] to any aquatic animal as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]]), and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
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\\\"In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville/Ishmael consistently asserts that whales are fish. There\\\'s a whole chapter on it. He even goes on to warn of those who might lead the reader astray through talk of mammals and the like, which he essentially counters with \\\"Come on guys, they\\\'re totally fish.\\\" Although he does acknowledge that they breathe air and give birth to live young, he still insists that they are, somehow, fish. Possibly a deliberate example of Unreliable Narrator, with Ishmael making the error, not Melville. Blurs with Science Marches On.\\\"
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with colloquially widespread referring to any aquatic animal as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]]), and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with colloquially widespread referring to any aquatic animal as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]]), and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
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\\\"In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville/Ishmael consistently asserts that whales are fish. There\\\'s a whole chapter on it. He even goes on to warn of those who might lead the reader astray through talk of mammals and the like, which he essentially counters with \\\"Come on guys, they\\\'re totally fish.\\\" Although he does acknowledge that they breathe air and give birth to live young, he still insists that they are, somehow, fish. Possibly a deliberate example of Unreliable Narrator, with Ishmael making the error, not Melville. Blurs with Science Marches On.\\\"
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with colloquially widespread referring to \\\"any aquatic animal\\\" as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]]), and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with colloquially widespread referring to \\\"any aquatic animal\\\" as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]]), and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
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\\\"In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville/Ishmael consistently asserts that whales are fish. There\\\'s a whole chapter on it. He even goes on to warn of those who might lead the reader astray through talk of mammals and the like, which he essentially counters with \\\"Come on guys, they\\\'re totally fish.\\\" Although he does acknowledge that they breathe air and give birth to live young, he still insists that they are, somehow, fish. Possibly a deliberate example of Unreliable Narrator, with Ishmael making the error, not Melville. Blurs with Science Marches On.\\\"
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with colloquially widespread referring to \\\"any aquatic animal\\\" as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]], and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
Clearly not an example - Melville /and Ishmael/ not only acknowledges physiological differences between whales and \\\"other fish\\\", he even [[ShownHisWork refers]] to the \\\'\\\'Systema naturae\\\'\\\' by Linnaeus - his insistent [[TaxonomicTermConfusion designation]] of whales as \\\"spouting fish with horizontal tail\\\" has much more common with colloquially widespread referring to \\\"any aquatic animal\\\" as fish, which his protagonists use. Actually it was quite [[ScienceMarchesOn scientifically acceptable]] until late 18th century (e.g. GrandfatherClause names such as crayfish, shellfish or now obsolete [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods devilfish]], and still more prevalent in common speech in early 19th century. I\\\'m gonna to remove that entry.
