jewellsmommy Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 When I was in marine biology we were taught to use Sea Star instead of Starfish. When I worked the touch tank at a local museum, they used Sea Star as well, but now I never hear sea star anymore. I wasn't sure if Sponge Bob was to blame or what. :lol: So which do you use and teach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aw - marine animals. I wondered what was so unimportant about the Marines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aw - marine animals. I wondered what was so unimportant about the Marines! hmmm...i should fix that. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Sea Star and DS10 will correct anyone he hears saying "starfish" :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I say Starfish, though I know it is technically incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I say whatever is written on the label/plaque/page and don't even know what it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candicane Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I've always said starfish (that's what everyone around me has always said too), I've never heard of 'sea star' before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It's not technically a starfish? Clearly I need to move nearer to the beach and deal with this ignorance.... one can wish, right/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Sea Star and DS10 will correct anyone he hears saying "starfish" :laugh: I had never heard of sea star until I read this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Starfish. But now I have StarKist on my brain and I can hear Charlie saying, "Only the best tasting tuna get to be StarKist." :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 This is fascinating to me. I never cared for the reasoning behind why there was a movement to use sea star over starfish, but I thought it was more universal than this. I am surprised that some have not even heard the term. Perhaps we should just call them star shaped echinoderms? Hmmm... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I read that "sea star" is the more correct term, but I had never heard that until I was an adult and "starfish" seems to be so much more common... so I taught both, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Starfish. Never heard 'sea star' before. I thought "marine creature" was going to be something like this: http://www.outofregs.com/index.php?page=archives&keyword=squirrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Starfish. Never heard 'sea star' before. I thought "marine creature" was going to be something like this: http://www.outofregs.com/index.php?page=archives&keyword=squirrel awwe he is sooo cute. :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I say Starfish, though I know it is technically incorrect. Same here. This old dog could not learn the new trick, er, name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 My kids say the proper name is sea star but knows that I happily call a sea star a starfish. We see plenty at the tide pools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The subject doesn't come up much when you're landlocked. I call them starfish and don't see or hear sea star much. I also say buffalo instead of bison even though I know that's not technically correct either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Both. One taught as a proper name, one taught as a common one. This is one of those words that we us to illustrate the notion of not correcting others when you know exactly what they mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The subject doesn't come up much when you're landlocked. I call them starfish and don't see or hear sea star much. I also say buffalo instead of bison even though I know that's not technically correct either. This. Right down to being landlocked and calling them buffalo (sometimes boofaloos for fun) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I've always know them as starfish. I used it in swimming lessons as an instructor as the title of a float with arms and legs outstretched. I also used it for the marine creature, but I'll claim ignorance because I grew up on the prairies. We did go to the west coast every summer and I even found some starfish in the tide pools once. I gather that Sea Star is the correct term. I'll try to use that in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Well, for those who want further enlightenment...but on a less official note :tongue_smilie: ...the same marine bio teacher taught us that the Sea Cucumber is the pen1s of the sea. :huh: I'd post a pic, but I don't want to get flagged for p0rn. :lol: :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 sea stars here; we see them weekly on our nature studies FWIW, we also say "sea jellies" instead of jellyfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I rarely hear about those creatures at all, but I also learned to refer to them as sea stars, so I do. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 starfish, and I thought only weird people in other countries called it a sea star....oh wait.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 starfish, and I thought only weird people in other countries called it a sea star....oh wait.... :lol: ay, yep! That be us, sea star lovers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Portland_Weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I have never heard the term sea star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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