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262399 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2017‑06‑05 Re: Shovel vs spade and internet plagiarism
Cliff wrote:
> 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
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> 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
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> 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.
>
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> 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?

Spades vary. A lot. Just like billhooks and axes, by both region and nation.

So do shovels.

  BugBear

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