RE: OT:Terminology
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] OT:Terminology
- From: M* R*
- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:44:23 -0700
> From: wmoores@watervalley.net[SMTP:wmoores@watervalley.net]
> How many people say 'Best Specimen of the Show?' Everyone I know says QOS
> in spite of what the Judges' Handbook says. To me this is another
> misnomer
> like symposium that should be updated. Since irising is a hobby and a fun
> thing and often dirty, why do we have to try to conform to JT authors
> who think Best Speciman of the Show sounds 'gramatically, semantically,
> politically, socially correct,' or whatever the stupid phrase BSOS
> falls into. BSOS is what I call an affection - stilted language taught
> by elocution teachers. I will use QOS until my last breath.
>
> Walter Moores
>
Not as vocifererous, but I like "Queen" better too. Unless I am trying to
appease some smug judgemental person, I continue to say "Queen" too. I
don't really care about the "official title", but I wouldn't
self-righteously correct anyone for saying "Queen" any more than I would
deride someone for saying "Best Specimen".
On new years day in Pasadena, California we have a parade. A number of
lovely young ladies vie for the position of Rose "Best Specimen", who rides
around on one of the floats and waves at the crowd. A number of (what must
have been judged) somewhat inferior specimens used to be known as her "royal
court". Somehow, this attempt at political correctness sounds even more
"sexist" to me.
John Reeds
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