A person who participates in the activity of hunting is called a hunter.
A person who participates in the activity of fishing is called a fisherman.
Why the difference?
There was a push back in the late fifties and early sixties—among the cap donning, pipe smoking, bongo slapping beatnik crowd—to switch to fishercat, but that didn’t go for the ride, Big Daddy-O.
I think it’s about time to eliminate the inconsistency and gender confusion by going with fisher.
“What does she do for a living?”
“She’s a commercial fisher.”
“She fishes for commercials?”
“No. She hunts for fish as a commerce kind of thing. That’s not right…”
“Oh. You mean she’s a fisherman.”
“Right.”
“Shoulda just said so.”
Copyright 2010 Randy Hunt
Mr. Hunt Most women who fish would like to be called a fishing LADY or fisherwomen. Fishercat may be ok in some circles, but that refers to a species of animal , although rare in nature, we do have some local to Sandwich. They can get real nasty when they are on the prowl
ReplyDeleteCarl Johansen
A concerned citizen of FISHING Men and Women.