I'll do it in a bit if nobody has other opinions on it.
Wait, what's the difference?
From my own point of view, it should be the other way around. I see the reason for consistency with "gryphon," but the "-griff" spelling was popularized by the Harry Potter novels, and definitely what I'd type in if searching for such a creature.
Also, it looks like "hippogriff" is an accepted spelling- regardless of Rowling's novels- AND "griffin" as well as "griffon" are accepted spellings of "gryphon."
Edit: In fact, it looks like Merriam-Webster defines "gryphon" as a variant of "griffin," rather than the other way around.
RedOctober said:
Wait, what's the difference?From my own point of view, it should be the other way around. I see the reason for consistency with "gryphon," but the "-griff" spelling was popularized by the Harry Potter novels, and definitely what I'd type in if searching for such a creature.
Also, it looks like "hippogriff" is an accepted spelling- regardless of Rowling's novels- AND "griffin" as well as "griffon" are accepted spellings of "gryphon."
Edit: In fact, it looks like Merriam-Webster defines "gryphon" as a variant of "griffin," rather than the other way around.
Tag aliases don't stop you from searching for the old tag. In fact, they redirect such searches to the new tag. If you go into the system and search for 'rhino', you'll get all the 'rhinoceros' images as well, thanks to a tag alias.
I spell both with a double F and use "griffin." I never understood why there were multiple spellings of the same word, and it puzzles me why people use the other spellings.
I prefer "hippogriff" due to Harry Potter and "griffin" probably because of Family Guy but I may have used it before the series.
Tag aliases don't stop you from searching for the old tag. In fact, they redirect such searches to the new tag. If you go into the system and search for 'rhino', you'll get all the 'rhinoceros' images as well, thanks to a tag alias.
Isn't that the point of an alias?
hg3300 said:
I spell both with a double F and use "griffin." I never understood why there were multiple spellings of the same word, and it puzzles me why people use the other spellings.
You're expecting natural language to be logical.
Snowy said:
You're expecting natural language to be logical.
well it ought to be.
31h253 said:
Tag aliases don't stop you from searching for the old tag. In fact, they redirect such searches to the new tag. If you go into the system and search for 'rhino', you'll get all the 'rhinoceros' images as well, thanks to a tag alias.
I know how tag aliases work. My point is that since to me, hippogriff would be the obvious search and hippogryph the niche search term, that's the one that should be aliased to the more widely-used term.
hg3300 said:
I never understood why there were multiple spellings of the same word, and it puzzles me why people use the other spellings.
"Gryphon" comes from the Greek spelling, Γρυφων. That is, gamma rho upsilon (which has become the Latin "y") phi omega nu. Gryphon.
31h253
Member2 months ago
Tag Alias: Hippogriff -> Hippogryph
Aliasing hippogriff -> hippogryph
Reason: Hippogryphs are rare. Tag confusion makes pictures of them even harder to track down. I recommend aliasing to 'hippogryph' rather than the other way around to be consistent with the 'gryphon' spelling.