Visited a historic forge in Lancaster and the guide kept calling the anvil a 'stake'

I didn't want to correct him, but it made explaining my own work to the group after the tour a bit of a confusing mess, so has anyone else run into weirdly wrong terminology at a museum or historical site?

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viola_garcia569d ago

My buddy went to a living history farm where the guy in the blacksmith shop called the bellows a "blower" the whole time. It threw off the whole demo because people were asking where the bellows were, and he just kept pointing at the same tool. Makes you wonder how they get hired sometimes.

fionanguyen8d ago

That part about him pointing at the same tool is exactly the problem. It shows he didn't even know the basic word for it. It totally ruins the point of a living history place. You go there to learn how things were really done, not to get confused by someone using the wrong words. They really should test people on the actual terms before letting them talk to the public.

rose_clark819d ago

Maybe he was a modern blacksmith used to electric blowers.