trad versus primitive

[Steve Cover]

Steve, we're just pokin' at you and having a little fun with your pet peeve. We're easily amused, and you seem to be on a quixotic self-appointed mission from the Almighty to correct our ignorance of arrow terminology by any means necessary, up to and including deadly force. You have a total of 66 posts on this forum, and it seems like 67 of them are connected to the "spline" thing. There's other things to talk about. Stick around awhile and you'll see that we love to poke a little fun at each other, it's nothing personal. Your observation that this is too trivial to keep rehashing is right on the money, it's just not that big of a deal. My arrows would fly pretty much the same no matter what I called the measure of their flexibility.

Thanks for the post,

<<< you seem to be on a quixotic self-appointed mission from the Almighty to correct our ignorance of arrow terminology >>>   

Ignorance of arrow terminology?...........  I see... So that's the rub.   

Naturally, that is not my intention... Sorry, some took it that way.

I'm not trying to "change" anyone's use of the term Spine.

It's what you grew up with.....  Spine is the current terminology....

Nobody is insisting on changing any vernacular to use..

I choose to use the "traditional" term, everybody else on the list uses the "modern" term.  Both are correct usage....  I'm sure that we all know what we are talking about.

Hopefully we have buried this subject...

Take Care,

Steve

[Steve Cover]

Actually, when Marco Polo went to China, he brought some arrows with him to see if he could get a bunch made for a good price.  Being a merchant (and not an archer) used the term "sprine" to describe the "spring" of the arrow shaft when flexed.  But since they had a hard time pronouncing the "r" in sprine, they called it "spline" and Marco Polo, being the wise negotiator, let it go.That's what I heard, anyway.

Clever interpritation of history...    

Steve

[Hillbilly]

Thanks for the post,

<<< you seem to be on a quixotic self-appointed mission from the Almighty to correct our ignorance of arrow terminology >>>   

Ignorance of arrow terminology?...........  I see... So that's the rub.  

Naturally, that is not my intention... Sorry, some took it that way.

I'm not trying to "change" anyone's use of the term Spine.

It's what you grew up with.....  Spine is the current terminology....

Nobody is insisting on changing any vernacular to use..

I choose to use the "traditional" term, everybody else on the list uses the "modern" term.  Both are correct usage....  I'm sure that we all know what we are talking about.

Hopefully we have buried this subject...

Take Care,

Steve

No rub, just think that it's a silly thing to worry about so much and so seriously. Like I said, if Fred Bear and Jay Massey were happy with saying "spine," it's good enough for me, too.

[sailordad]

tomatoe tomato 

potatoe potato

mechanic  techinican

janitor   custodial engineer

splie spine


hmmmmmmmmmmmm this list could go along way   


im hungry,lets eat 

[Kegan]

im hungry,lets eat 

I think it's cold by now !

[riarcher]

Steve -
"I choose to use the "traditional" term, everybody else on the list uses the "modern" term.  Both are correct usage....  I'm sure that we all know what we are talking about.
"

If that is true,,, shouldn't you be using "fteve" instead of Steve? 

[Steve Cover]

Steve -
"I choose to use the "traditional" term, everybody else on the list uses the "modern" term.  Both are correct usage....  I'm sure that we all know what we are talking about.
" If that is true,,, shouldn't you be using "fteve" instead of Steve? 

Actually, my name is Stephen...  Pronounced in the Danish style using a hard "e" after the t.
It is easier for me just to go as "Steve" rather than keep explaining the proper pronunciation of my name.

Thanks for the concession about the Spline/Spine vernacular, 

Steve