15 Oct 2005, 4:39 pm
Read this!
Source: Pillows (The University of Manchester)
Why on earth did they decide to name this vicious fungus that grows on people's pillows (among other places) after Asperger's syndrome?
This isn't good!
15 Oct 2005, 4:48 pm
15 Oct 2005, 7:43 pm
Source: Pillows (The University of Manchester)
Why on earth did they decide to name this vicious fungus that grows on people's pillows (among other places) after Asperger's syndrome?
This isn't good!Come to think of it, some of them might well have been aspies.
15 Oct 2005, 8:00 pm
15 Oct 2005, 8:08 pm
From the best I can make out after to some incredibly brief net research, the root of the word is "spergillus" and then they have "A. spergillus" which I think is just shortened to "Aspergillus".
This is the most I could decifer. Not sure how accurate that is though 
15 Oct 2005, 8:59 pm
15 Oct 2005, 9:00 pm
15 Oct 2005, 9:26 pm
This is the most I could decifer. Not sure how accurate that is though
No, the binomial species name of the fungus is Aspergillus fumigatus. Wikipedia pwnz all inf0z: Aspergillus fumigatus.
My guess is that the root of Hans Asperger's last name, Asperger, is different from the name of the genus Aspergillus.
It's pretty clear that the -er suffix in Asperger means coming from or relating to. The same morpheme occurs in English; and it's well known in German, too: Frankfurter and Hamburger. My guess is that the root morpheme is Berg, which assimilated with the prefix asp to become Asperg. A quick Google search for Asperg confirms my suspicions: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperg. However, this town of Asperg is located in southwestern Germany (State: Baden-Württemberg Regierungsbezirk: Stuttgart), not Austria. Expedia says, "The little town of Asperg is situated at the foot of Hohenasperg castle, the town's principal landmark." Lending some credence to my as+Berg or asp+Berg theory is Wikipedia (Deutsch)'s entry on Asperg: "Asperg ist eine Stadt am Fuße des Berges Hohenasperg, im Einzugsbereich der Großstadt Stuttgart." I'm at a loss as to what an as- or an asp= prefix would mean, though.
Perhaps the reason why this town is in southwestern Germany and Hans Asperger is from Vienna, Austria, is that his family moved to Austria before he was born. Another possibility is there is another place named Asperg.
15 Oct 2005, 9:32 pm
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16 Oct 2005, 12:29 pm
jolly well done, old bean. sadly, i didn't have to go anywhere near the Wiki, as i had all that information sloshing round in my brain. one day, i shall have a spring clean of the old grey matter, and hoosh out all the rubbish.
mind you, being an inveterate hoarder, i'm reluctant to do so, cos you never know when something might come in handy... wait! it just did! huzzah - i can keep all my useless information cos it's true! 
16 Oct 2005, 1:22 pm
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