From: PointedEars@web.de   
      
   Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > On 01/21/2026 10:53 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>> [word salad] DesCartes   
   >> René _Descartes_, also known by his latinized name Cartesius; hence the   
   name   
   >> *Cartesian coordinate system*.   
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   >>> [word salad]   
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   > You can call him DesPoites,   
      
   You are insane.   
      
   > he calls himself "Renatus".   
      
   As I already indicated, his full *latinized* name is Renatus Cartesius.   
      
   > Yeah, in the time of Galileo and DesCartes, [...]   
      
   The correct spelling of his original, French family name is _Descartes_.   
   ("Des" is NOT part of a title of nobility or origin, that would be "de"   
   ["of"], and only then the reference would usually be starting with an   
   uppercase letter.)   
      
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