Is that what I seem like? 'Cause I was wondering what I seem like.
Merriam-Webster defines hoax as:
- an act intended to trick or dupe
- something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication
I think that that’s accurate, certainly of how the Bible was used 600 years ago, if not originally. So, interested in accuracy!
Are you interested in how you seem? You seem uninterested in using the word accurately. For example, you say:
…which will come as some surprise to P.T. Barnum (lifetime profit hoaxer including the Fiji Mermaid and Joice Heth, among many others), Richard Adams Locke (author of the Great Moon Hoax, 1835), and George Hull (who saw quite a profit from his Cardiff Giant, 1869), just to name a few.