OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

It's not. It's called Ugly Hedgehog. Hedge Hog would be a silly name.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Oops. We should abbreviate it as UHh, not UHH.

boomer826 Loc: Florida gulf coast

You got me on that one OddJobber !

jenny Loc: in hiding:)

We still have a good number of people who joined the forum in its very earliest days
and I'm surprised no one comes forth with the explanation admin. gave at the time.
He said it was named after a French novel he had read, with no special reason from
the contents of the story, just the tag of one of the characters.

Went on to say he wasn't especially interested in photography but had started other
websites and this seemed like a good subject for a new one. The mission statement
was that it was to promote photography, and would be a family friendly site.

There was an open discussion about the name. Many never heard of a hedgehog, as it
is not an indigenous species. Some imagined it as a hog maybe...that hung out in hedges!
It is of course a....hedgehog, which is why I always refer to it as UH, but those who never
read the statements persisted in the erroneous misspelled name you see every day.

salmander

This is a case of each to his own. While UHh may be more accurate, UHH has more of a "whole" concept and feeling to it that many, as myself, may prefer. To those of us who prefer UHH, it feels more "right" somehow. It looks better, and feels more definitive. Those who prefer the more accurate UHh probably would have a difficult time discerning this difference as being relevant.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

That's too logical!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Thanks for that!

DJ Mills Loc: Idaho

Catchy name, easy to remember, borderline on a secret society to the uninformed.

DJM