It is very much a 3rd grade student question. But it is a good question for the lovely hobby that we all love dearly and trying to honor them... One of my goals in this hobby is to reach out more to other hobbyists and with the love of koi and we need to make it right for the proper name we honor it.....
With all respect for you, Carl. This question came up yesterday when my daughter and I were talking about her own story reading contest at school about her story "my hobby: koi" on the way home after pick her up from school...
I saw your post early, but I knew where you came from, so I just smile with it;-)) I knew Stephen H and many other people call their koi as "herd" instead of koi. People have a right to call whatever they want to. My question for discussion is the proper name we shall honor to call the fish for the hobby that we all love dearly...
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