# Common names invented on iNat

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-invented-on-inat/27452>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** common-names\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-invented-on-inat/27452 "2021-10-26T16:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-invented-on-inat/27452/14 "2021-10-26T19:10:58Z")

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iNat says its purpose is to encourage people to engage with nature.  
That needs both common names, and the Greek/Latin/whatever binomials.  
We each have our own preferences.  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/scientific-name-vs-common-name/25152](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/scientific-name-vs-common-name/25152)

And @bouteloua 's request to  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/select-language-for-common-names/5430](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/select-language-for-common-names/5430)

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/decolonization-of-common-names/21512](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/decolonization-of-common-names/21512)

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/multilingualism/3788](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/multilingualism/3788)

The latest obs from @alesbucek is a centipede (I can also remember Chilopoda as a group) But for that one - Chinese red-headed centipede - I can understand (also Chinese, Japanese and Korean common names for it on iNat). The binomial is secondary for me. And clearly, vice versa for the working biologist.

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