Doggonnit!

Newspaper reporters for different publications sometime render a single quote in different ways. For example, today's Salt Lake Tribune quotes Lehi Mayor Ken Greenwood as having said, "This is the doggonedist hunt I've ever been on in my life," about his apparently successful effort to convince Cabela's to locate an outdoor superstore in his town. Meanwhile, the Deseret Morning News quoted Greenwood this way: "It's been the doggonest hunt I've ever been on in my life."

The Cabela's press release about its Lehi store may be accessed here (with apologies to Utah County Commissioner Jerry Grover, whose name was misspelled in the press release).