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...bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I have been hearing this for about 65 years. I do not understand the zeal for calling the animals bison rather than buffalo when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam-along with other common usages. Russell Schofiel, Glendale, Arizona...
...bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I have been hearing this for about 65 years. I do not understand the zeal for calling the animals bison rather than buffalo when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam - along with other common usages. Russell Schofiel, GLENDALE, ARIZONA...
...population, but the author couldn't resist reminding us that the species Bison bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I don't understand the zeal for upholding this distinction when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam--along with other common usages...
...schedule from 154 games to 162? (Did Roger Maris break Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs by hitting 61--but in eight extra games?) Babe Ruth--bah! Some truly venerable curmudgeons share Ring Lardner's view that they really ruined the game when they introduced the jackrabbit ball during the Babe's heyday to make home runs easier...
...Avoid "jackrabbit" starts. Sudden acceleration can use up to two times as much gas as a gradual start. And guys, stop revving your engines while you're at it (another unnecessary gas-guzzling habit...