Word Wars

So if you have been reading my blog for a while you may have come across my occasional apologies for my poor editing. I have never been good at it. You can go back a High School teacher of mine who would scream at me, because he thought I that was a good and excited writer yet a terrible editor. He was right, but my problems is that I just don't see the errors, hell the only reason I catch most misspellings is because Firefox highlights them. I just don't work that way.


Anyhoo, Jessie over at The (Mud)Bucket posted this the other day, bringing up a semantic argument in the relm of ceramics.


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Debate: 'Ceramicist' vs. 'Ceramist'

Okay, perhaps this is just a pet peeve of mine, but I can't stand it when people use the term ceramicist.


Bottom line? It's incorrect!


And it sounds dumb.


And it shows a general lack of respect for our profession and community.


The worst is when ceramists themselves use the term. Ugh! Even worse is that people have been using the incorrect term for so long that spell check doesn't even work on it...


I've told a million people and I'll tell everyone reading here:


Saying ceramicist is like saying artisist.


Get it? See, it is stupid.


I dunno... What does everyone else think? Is it silly for me to be so bothered?

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I fully admit to committing her crime. But I also think that language becomes what works. It is an evolutionary system. 

What does everyone think?

BTW if you don't read Jessie's Blog you should. She has a great blog and puts the focus on artists that she likes.