sulphurs

[Hook_Jaw]

shhhh

 

[redietz]

RLeep2 wrote:
sulfurs (I prefer the regular guy-blue collar spelling...)

Not to mention that it's also the correct spelling if you're talking about the element.

The "ph" spelling is mostly British in non-scientific contexts.

Neither spelling is wrong, though.

 

[troutbert]

redietz wrote:

RLeep2 wrote:
sulfurs (I prefer the regular guy-blue collar spelling...)

Not to mention that it's also the correct spelling if you're talking about the element.

The "ph" spelling is mostly British in non-scientific contexts.

Neither spelling is wrong, though.

I never thought of any class associations when writing "sulphur."

And I don't think others do either.

"Sulphur" just seems to be the most commonly used spelling in flyfishing writing, and I think that has been the case for a long time.

I agree that neither spelling is wrong, though.

 

[redietz]

There aren't any "class" differences -- just scientific vs non-scientific and American vs British.

I was intrigued a few years back when I realized that I had spelled it both ways in the same sentence, so I looked it up:

Sulfur spelling and etymology

 

[TigerTrout4wt]

When I was at the jam this year I did get a cool picture of a sulphur nypmh. Underside and topside.