It's a think in the on internet.  It's one of  the many reasons mt to 
trust internet information because generally it's worth what you paid 
for it.

I'm having that issue with the shovel / spade distinction


I grew up thinking a spade was that shape  you see in a deck of cards 
denoting spades. The shape of the blade facilitating the digging  in 
compacted earth and rocks

I figured a shovel was for moving looser materials like putting the dirt 
back in the hole

For reasons  I can't articulate I stumbled onto a web site that had it 
180 degrees opposite.  In disbelieve I started googling around. Seems 
that there are countless websites all repeating the same information 
that the spade is not spade shaped, but rater flat nosed.


Now I turn to the ancient wisdom of the galootery

Is this a case of rampant internet plagiarism and the ignorance of one 
overzealous content writer, or have I been wrong all these years?



One may use a polled axe to drive the tent pegs  or  one may utilize 
one's boot heel to drive the little buggers.