As someone who is frequently pedantic I sometimes sit and hypocritically brood on which unnecessary pedantry from other people annoys me most I've decided it's people who try to draw a distinction between the word "possum" and "opossum"
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So if you can find a way to make there be two distinct names for two different things instead of one you always must This is probably a good habit if you're a specialist working in a field But it's really annoying in everyday life
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This is the same as why pedants insist that the "American buffalo" is not actually a buffalo at all but merely *named* for the "true buffalo" (the African buffalo and the Asian buffalo/water buffalo) and instead should always be called a "bison"
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Even though it's pretty damn obvious the Americans who regularly interacted with this animal and saw it as something of a national symbol called it a buffalo! That's what it says in the song! It's where the buffalo roam!
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Where is the city of Bison, NY? Who has ever eaten a bison wing? Has anyone ever exhorted the Bison Gals to come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon?
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