Quote:I have seen a lot of hunting shows lately with archery hunts refering to the record book for them as Boone and Crockett. Unless I am wrong (Wouldnt be the first time), I believe it is Pope and Young for archery.
Actually Boone & Crockett applies to any deer whether killed by archery, rifle, shotgun muzzleloader as long as it meets the club minimum.
Pope & Young only recognizes those deer that have been killed using archery.
So an archery kill could actually be entered into both clubs if it was big enough.
It is easy to fall into using a particular vernacular such such as "horns" verses antlers.
I have even caught myself saying it before. Have you ever called anything other than a Coke, a "coke"?
Do you know how many times I have seen people spell "whether" as "weather"?
I find the people from east of the Mississippi say "ki-yot-ee" more than people west of it.
How many of you have said or heard it called "prostrate" cancer? It is "prostate". "Prostrate" is a position not an organ.
Why to they call it a "deer stand"? I am rarely standing when on my "deer stand". I guess it should be called a "deer sitting".
How many of you get all camoed up to go sit in a box blind?
How many of you say "pin" oak? Or "pin oak flat"? They usually are not pin oaks at all, they are usually water or willow oaks.
Can any of you truthfully say you have never said "hot water heater"? Why would you need something to heat hot water?
I would be willing to bet that the person who thinks less of someone because of how they pronounce or use a word has pronounced or used a work improperly themselves. Somebody probably heard it an thought you were dunce too. Some of them might even have been some listed above.
I don't worry about it too much, and I'm sure I have miss pronounced or used the wrong word plenty myself.