Top 50 prewar cards

[RedsFan1941]

why are you using any spelling of M116 smoky joe wood?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why are you using the British spelling of "judgement"?

because judgement is a play on "Old Judge" if you read the whole sentence or was is too long for you.

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

why are you using any spelling of M116 smoky joe wood?

because I used copy and paste to create the list. You can thank clydepepper for Smoky Joe

My popularity with the undocumented "grammar and spelling" critics on the board is the sincerest form of flattery and I thank you both, but I claim no foul on this one.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

because judgement is a play on "Old Judge" if you read the whole sentence or was is too long for you.



because I used copy and paste to create the list. You can thank clydepepper for Smoky Joe

My popularity with the undocumented "grammar and spelling" critics on the board is the sincerest form of flattery and I thank you both, but I claim no foul on this one.

My Spelling Sources:

SMOKY JOE Bio.jpgSMOKY JOE TEE.jpg

[Rhotchkiss]

This has to be top 50, as it’s the backbone of one of the most famous and earliest sets. I’d also add the yellow 33 goudey Ruth and the T204 Ramly Wajo

[Kawika]

Somewhere in the Gerald Wood bio of Joe Wood, can't remember the page, I read that neither Joe Sr. nor his family members ever employed the spelling "Smokey" but rather always used "Smoky". The former then is an affectation even though it has a certain coolness. The geniuses at SGC thought so anyway.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Somewhere in the Gerald Wood bio of Joe Wood, can't remember the page, I read that neither Joe Sr. nor his family members ever employed the spelling "Smokey" but rather always used "Smoky". The former then is an affectation even though it has a certain coolness. The geniuses at SGC thought so anyway.

The education that Net54 provides never ceases to amaze.

Who knew that “Smokey The Bear” was an affectation?

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Who knew that “Smokey The Bear” was an affectation?

Strictly speaking it's Smokey Bear. I know this because I have access to Google. The "the" got added in a song about him in 1952 and people picked it up. Some say the is his middle name. Smoky Howard Wood's middle name was Ellsworth.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Strictly speaking it's Smokey Bear. I know this because I have access to Google. The "the" got added in a song about him in 1952 and people picked it up. Some say the is his middle name. Smoky Howard Wood's middle name was Ellsworth.

And Ellsworth’s last name was Vines.

You can’t outgoogle me.