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Originally Posted by Whaler
You should have looked it up before posting. POLL is what you put at the top of the page. POLE is something else entirely. See below.
poll1 /poʊl/ Show Spelled[pohl] Show IPA
noun
1. a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
2. Usually, polls. the place where votes are taken.
3. the registering of votes, as at an election.
4. the voting at an election.
5. the number of votes cast.
pole1 /poʊl/ Show Spelled [pohl] Show IPA noun, verb, poled, pol?Àing.
noun
1. a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole.
2. Northeastern U.S. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it.
3. Nautical .
a. a light spar.
b. that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck.
4. the lane of a racetrack nearest to the infield; the inside lane. Compare post1 ( def. 5 ) .
5. a unit of length equal to 16 1 / 2 feet (5 meters); a rod.
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Whilest I do appreciate your Merriam-webster copy/paste skillz, I feel obligated to tell you that to do the massive tolerances in the Goose Creek educational system, what we have hear is failure to communicate......sarcasm. Cone knows the differences between pole and poll; however several others dont and its those people which are the reasons of why its pole instead of the correct poll.
Rep if this helps to clarify! Lulz