So what is so wrong in using the term that best describes a corns origin or color. to be more professional the term okeetee should mean a localaty animal and the term okeetee phase should be used to describe a color phase.
There is nothing wrong with using a term to describe a corn's color or origin. Why is it more professional to have "Okeetee" mean a locality animal, because that's what you like? If we want to be really clear, then "Locality Okeetee" could be used for locality animals and "Okeetee Phase" for the definition of "Okeetee" purely by looks. Shrug. I don't really care one way or another, but I do know that people will drop the "phase" for simplicity and just call them Okeetees. It's context. Vendor A has "Okeetees" for sale. At this time, most people will assume those are the Okeetee color phase unless Locality is specified somewhere, either on the tag or by the vendor. Most people with locality Okeetees consider their animals quite special (as the have every right to) and will broadcast their locality status. People interested in buying locality animals will seek out locality vendors, that's a given. I don't see why it's such an issue.
O-kee-tee - adjective, noun
1. Coming directly from, or directly descended from a specific locality in or around the Okeetee Hunt Club (var. Locality Okeetee)
2. A color phase with big red saddles, thick black borders, and a clean orange background (var. Okeetee Phase)
3. A hunt club in South Carolina where some particularly striking specimens of corn snake have been found
You see single words with multiple definitions in the dictionary all the time and we all seem to be able to easily figure out the difference based on context. Why this is a big issue, other than hierarchal status, I can't fathom.
You hearly should be the last one to talk you are trying to change the name blood red that has been used right from the start to the term diffused .I think diffused is a better term which better discribes the gene not the color phase, since bloods come in so many diffrent colors. So what is so wrong in using the term that best describes a corns origin or color.
I'm not trying to change the name "bloodred". I call bloodreds, bloodred. If it's a snake with the diffusion pattern AND is red, I'll call it a bloodred. This again is a case of language developing with usage. Have I ever forced anyone to use the term "diffused"? No. My position on it is that I do not feel comfortable misrepresenting my non-red "bloodred" morphs to others. This feeling of "misrepresentation" is
mine alone, I don't project it onto anyone else and I don't look down on anyone else not sharing my view of it. I honestly don't care one way or another if anyone else feels the same way. I have to do what meets my personal set of ethics and honesty, and to me calling an animal that isn't bloodred "bloodred" is uncomfortable and feels dishonest. Again, I reiterate, that is MY opinion and 'I' stay within the boundaries of what MY personal standards state I should do. Do I go around mocking people using the term bloodred for an anerythristic snake? No. Do I go around telling them "You're WRONG!"? No. I use the term "diffused" to represent the pattern trait found in bloodreds and other non-red snakes. I feel it is actually an improvement since we now have a name for something that was once just part of a 2-part equation. My opinion, my usage, my prerogative.
See, the difference here is that I'm not saying you're wrong to have the opinion that Okeetee should be reserved for locality. I think you're entitled to the opinion and I try to respect that. What I do think you are "wrong" for is berating others for not having the same opinion as you. That's it. Your usage of Okeetee for locality animals may be right for you. I don't happen to hold the same opinion, so I will continue to call the color phase also by "Okeetee" with no hard feelings.
So, I guess I don't get why "I should be the last one to talk". In my previous post I talked about language evolving and coming to mean what we want it to or what best describes the current situation. Sounds like both topics are pretty similar. Okeetee having at least 2 definitions, based on context...Bloodred and Diffused as two words that mean two totally different things and I see this as adding one more word to our descriptive powers. The corn snake language will continue to evolve and move on and we'll all survive.
BTW, kudos on working on spelling and punctuation. It really does help and I will be the last person to belittle your efforts in that realm.