On May 26, 7:02*am, David LaCourse wrote:
http://video.tiscali.it/canali/truveo/2258968856.html

Nice video, but the title brings to light one of my biggest
piscatorial pet peeves.

"Jaws" is not a type of fish, fergodsake. Its a SHARK (in this case, a
Great White). The popularization of the common vernacular to refer to
sharks as 'jaws' (in both the singular and plural) is an abomination
and only underscores how pervasive Hollywood popularization is. This
slippery slope leads right through the idiotic neighborhood where
people accept movie dramatizations of historical events as accurate
and factual recreations, and then on to where they actually believe in
complete fabrications because they saw it in a movie.

I hate it when I hear some parent at an aquarium say to his kids "ooh,
its a Jaws!".

--riverman