Lobby Dosser wrote:
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>TWS wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>
>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>
>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>
>>R
>>
>>
>
>
> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway down
> for 'frog'.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
Railroading possibly made the term more common,
but there were things called frogs long before
railroads.
Oleg Lego (in [email protected]) said:
| The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:
|
|| ...Kroakenhopper ?
|
| Quebecois?
Severely fractured German :-)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
"Bush Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07...
>> "George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Lobby Dosser wrote:
>>>> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>TWS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>>>
>>>>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>>>>
>>>>>R
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about
>>>> halfway
>>>> down for 'frog'.
>>>>
>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>>>
>>> Railroading possibly made the term more common,
>>> but there were things called frogs long before
>>> railroads.
>>>
>>
>> Such as ...
>
> Perhaps ...
>
> Part of a violin bow
The bit at the end? (not hand end)
>
> Part of a horse-drawn mouldboard plough
>
> Device to attach a sword/scabbard/bayonet/axe to a belt or sling
Didn't know any of those.
Why do you suppose so many bits in so many different applications are
called frog?
>
>
>
>
If he's flying first class, he's usually called "Sir" or "Mr. Frog".
Leonard Bailey, the original inventor, never mentions the name "Frog"
in his patent in 1858. Later after Stanley bought him out, Traut
patented an improved lateral adjustment where he mentions the "frog",
but he gives no clue as to the origin of the term.
A horse's hoof has a wedge-shaped structure called a frog. Maybe it
was the similarity in shape?
Josh
TWS wrote:
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> TWS
"TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
Because it gets in your throat.
Jeff G
--
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net
Lobby Dosser wrote:
>
> Why do you suppose so many bits in so many different applications are
> called frog?
Probably because they reminded people of a frog shape/form.
The typical scenario is for someone, unfamiliar with an item, to
compare it to something that reminds them by some characteristic(s).
The other common scenario is for someone to hear someone mention the
item in question, and not knowing the correct spelling or
pronounciation, morph the word into something that it sounded like or
that they are more familiar with.
R
gary in virginia (NOSPAM NOSPAM NOSPAM) wrote:
> "TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > TWS
>
> Seems I read somewhere it is called a frog because it is something which is
> lodged in the throat, i.e. "a frog in the throat". Probably a frog is just
> a lump of something, be it a wedge, a hoof, or a wad of snot.
Or, more likely, the croak emitting from someone's mouth was playfully
attributed to an animal that croaks being lodged in the throat. Like a
frog.
R
Lobby Dosser wrote:
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Lobby Dosser wrote:
> >>
> >> Why do you suppose so many bits in so many different applications are
> >> called frog?
> >
> > Probably because they reminded people of a frog shape/form.
> >
> > The typical scenario is for someone, unfamiliar with an item, to
> > compare it to something that reminds them by some characteristic(s).
> > The other common scenario is for someone to hear someone mention the
> > item in question, and not knowing the correct spelling or
> > pronounciation, morph the word into something that it sounded like or
> > that they are more familiar with.
> >
> > R
> >
>
> None of them look like a frog. Bet there's something else.
Kind of like arguing the results of a Rorshach test. The comparison
characteristic just has to remind someone - it's not designed to
resemble an animal.
R
[email protected] wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> TWS <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >TWS
>
> I always thought it was just because of the general wedge-like shape
> and it's resemblance to a frog sitting. In fact the term "frog" is not
> too uncommon to describe similarly shaped parts in various tools and
> machinery besides planes.
>
> I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
> the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
> about a frog on an airplane.
Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
the person who comes up with the best punch line.
R
Enoch Root wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >>I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
> >>the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
> >>about a frog on an airplane.
> >
> >
> > Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
> > the person who comes up with the best punch line.
>
> The strange thing about stanley plane frogs is they began life with no
> tail, and later grew one. Shouldn't we be calling them polly-wogs?
Only if you start calling a spoke shave a tad pole trimmer.
R
In article <[email protected]>,
RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[email protected] wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> TWS <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance,
>> >TWS
>>
>> I always thought it was just because of the general wedge-like shape
>> and it's resemblance to a frog sitting. In fact the term "frog" is not
>> too uncommon to describe similarly shaped parts in various tools and
>> machinery besides planes.
>>
>> I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
>> the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
>> about a frog on an airplane.
>
>Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
>the person who comes up with the best punch line.
How about:
1) "Because they wouldn't let him fly under an assumed name"
2) "Because it would be impolite to call him 'dinner'"
3) "Because his friend the Wop/Chink/Pollock/{other ethinc identifier}
_said_ to"
In article <[email protected]>, TWS
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
Calling it a "toad" would make no sense at all, would it?
In article <[email protected]>,
RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
> the person who comes up with the best punch line.
"Nebba mine thah... Juth ungshick by tug!"
Han (in [email protected]) said:
| "<<<__ Bob __>>>" <[email protected]> wrote in
| news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2 @fe06.lga:
|
|| hmmmm .. .. ..
||
|| WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
||
|
| Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
| whatever.
...Kroakenhopper ?
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:
>Oleg Lego (in [email protected]) said:
>
>| The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:
>|
>|| ...Kroakenhopper ?
>|
>| Quebecois?
>
>Severely fractured German :-)
No! Quebecois is another name for a frog.
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07...
> "George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lobby Dosser wrote:
>>> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>TWS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>>
>>>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>>>
>>>>R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about
>>> halfway
>>> down for 'frog'.
>>>
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>>
>> Railroading possibly made the term more common,
>> but there were things called frogs long before
>> railroads.
>>
>
> Such as ...
Perhaps ...
Part of a violin bow
Part of a horse-drawn mouldboard plough
Device to attach a sword/scabbard/bayonet/axe to a belt or sling
Also the wedge shape of a train rail switch, where one rail crosses another
is called a frog.
"Josh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If he's flying first class, he's usually called "Sir" or "Mr. Frog".
>
> Leonard Bailey, the original inventor, never mentions the name "Frog"
> in his patent in 1858. Later after Stanley bought him out, Traut
> patented an improved lateral adjustment where he mentions the "frog",
> but he gives no clue as to the origin of the term.
>
> A horse's hoof has a wedge-shaped structure called a frog. Maybe it
> was the similarity in shape?
>
> Josh
>
>
> TWS wrote:
>> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> TWS
>
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "<<<__ Bob __>>>" <[email protected]> wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2
> @fe06.lga:
>
>> hmmmm .. .. ..
>>
>> WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
>>
>
> Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
> whatever.
Lyagushka.
RicodJour (in [email protected])
said:
| Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly
| salted!) to the person who comes up with the best punch line.
... and then the wings fell off because there weren't enough ribbits.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
They didn't think Aardvark sounded to good. :)
"TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> TWS
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07...
> "George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Lobby Dosser wrote:
> >> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>TWS wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
> >>>
> >>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
> >>>
> >>>R
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway
> >> down for 'frog'.
> >>
> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
> >
> > Railroading possibly made the term more common,
> > but there were things called frogs long before
> > railroads.
> >
>
> Such as ...
Frogs. :)
"<<<__ Bob __>>>" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> hmmmm .. .. ..
>
> WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
If it wasn't, no one would recognize it.
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> TWS wrote:
>> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
> Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>
> http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>
> R
>
>
More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway down
for 'frog'.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
bob kater wrote:
> someone has way to much time on their hands, and I need my house painted
> "TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>TWS
>
>
>
No body paints with a frog!
I think you have that a bit messed up and some of
the descriptions are bit unclear.
I believe a frog has nothing to do with a switch,
and rails don't really cross another. What the
rails do is form a cross, often sharply angled and
the piece of rail that is part of the intersection
is the frog. It could be that I am mistaken and
the pivot anchor for the swinging arm of a switch
is also called a frog, but I believe it is just a
part of the switch.
EXT wrote:
> Also the wedge shape of a train rail switch, where one rail crosses another
> is called a frog.
>
> "Josh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>If he's flying first class, he's usually called "Sir" or "Mr. Frog".
>>
>>Leonard Bailey, the original inventor, never mentions the name "Frog"
>>in his patent in 1858. Later after Stanley bought him out, Traut
>>patented an improved lateral adjustment where he mentions the "frog",
>>but he gives no clue as to the origin of the term.
>>
>>A horse's hoof has a wedge-shaped structure called a frog. Maybe it
>>was the similarity in shape?
>>
>>Josh
>>
>>
>>TWS wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>TWS
>>
>
>
RicodJour wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>TWS <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>TWS
>>
>>I always thought it was just because of the general wedge-like shape
>>and it's resemblance to a frog sitting. In fact the term "frog" is not
>>too uncommon to describe similarly shaped parts in various tools and
>>machinery besides planes.
>>
>>I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
>>the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
>>about a frog on an airplane.
>
>
> Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
> the person who comes up with the best punch line.
The strange thing about stanley plane frogs is they began life with no
tail, and later grew one. Shouldn't we be calling them polly-wogs?
er
--
email not valid
Lobby Dosser wrote:
> "George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Lobby Dosser wrote:
>>
>>>"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>TWS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>>
>>>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>>>
>>>>R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway
>>>down for 'frog'.
>>>
>>><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>>
>>Railroading possibly made the term more common,
>>but there were things called frogs long before
>>railroads.
>>
>
>
> Such as ...
If you don't have one, now is a good time to get a
copy of the Websters 3rd International dictionary.
hmmmm .. .. ..
WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
EXT wrote:
> Also the wedge shape of a train rail switch, where one rail crosses another
> is called a frog.
>
> "Josh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>If he's flying first class, he's usually called "Sir" or "Mr. Frog".
>>
>>Leonard Bailey, the original inventor, never mentions the name "Frog"
>>in his patent in 1858. Later after Stanley bought him out, Traut
>>patented an improved lateral adjustment where he mentions the "frog",
>>but he gives no clue as to the origin of the term.
>>
>>A horse's hoof has a wedge-shaped structure called a frog. Maybe it
>>was the similarity in shape?
>>
>>Josh
>>
>>
>>TWS wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>TWS
>>
>
>
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07...
>> "George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Lobby Dosser wrote:
>> >> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>TWS wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>> >>>
>> >>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>> >>>
>> >>>R
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about
>> >> halfway down for 'frog'.
>> >>
>> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>> >
>> > Railroading possibly made the term more common,
>> > but there were things called frogs long before
>> > railroads.
>> >
>>
>> Such as ...
>
> Frogs. :)
>
>
>
They could have called them Newts. :o)
Lobby Dosser wrote:
> "Bush Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07...
>>
>>>"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Lobby Dosser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>TWS wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about
>>>>>halfway
>>>>>down for 'frog'.
>>>>>
>>>>><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>>>>
>>>>Railroading possibly made the term more common,
>>>>but there were things called frogs long before
>>>>railroads.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Such as ...
>>
>>Perhaps ...
>>
>>Part of a violin bow
>
>
> The bit at the end? (not hand end)
>
>
>>Part of a horse-drawn mouldboard plough
>>
>>Device to attach a sword/scabbard/bayonet/axe to a belt or sling
>
>
> Didn't know any of those.
>
> Why do you suppose so many bits in so many different applications are
> called frog?
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>
We answered that!
The part on the tip of a bow is just the tip of
the bow, the frog is the par that adjusts the tension.
"<<<__ Bob __>>>" <[email protected]> wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2
@fe06.lga:
> hmmmm .. .. ..
>
> WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
>
Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
whatever.
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
Bush Carpenter wrote:
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07...
>
>>"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Lobby Dosser wrote:
>>>
>>>>"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>TWS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>>>
>>>>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>>>>
>>>>>R
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about
>>>>halfway
>>>>down for 'frog'.
>>>>
>>>><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>>>
>>>Railroading possibly made the term more common,
>>>but there were things called frogs long before
>>>railroads.
>>>
>>
>>Such as ...
>
>
> Perhaps ...
>
> Part of a violin bow
>
> Part of a horse-drawn mouldboard plough
>
> Device to attach a sword/scabbard/bayonet/axe to a belt or sling
>
>
>
Oh hell, you should have made him work for it.
"TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
| Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
|=20
| Thanks in advance,
| TWS
"Frog" is probably a corruption of the word "froe" which means :a =
cutting tool with one end of its blade fastened at right angles to a =
short handle. Use: to split wood along the grain to make shingles or =
barrel staves". Could also originate in the Anglo-Saxon word meaning =
"from" as in "to remove shavings from".
--=20
PDQ
--
"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> TWS wrote:
> > Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > TWS
>
> Suggest you buy a good dictionary.
From webster's unabridged:
3 a (1) : a looped device attached to a belt for holding a weapon or tool
(2) : a front fastening for a garment (as a coat, jacket, dress) that is
made usually of braid in an ornamental looped design with a bar-shaped
button or thick knot on one edge of the opening to fit into a loop on the
other b : a device made of rail sections constructed and assembled to permit
the wheels on one rail of a track to cross another rail of an intersecting
track c : a shallow place for mortar in the upper face of a brick d : the
frame or block to which the share, moldboard, landside, or beam of a plow
are secured e : the nut of a violin bow : HEEL -- see BOW illustration f (1)
: the junction of two branches of a flume (2) : a guiding timber at the
mouth of a slide g : a device for supporting and mutually insulating trolley
wires that cross each other h : the seat for the plane iron in the stock of
a carpenter's plane i : a loom device that actuates a stop motion when the
shuttle is out of position
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The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:
>Han (in [email protected]) said:
>
>| "<<<__ Bob __>>>" <[email protected]> wrote in
>| news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2 @fe06.lga:
>|
>|| hmmmm .. .. ..
>||
>|| WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
>||
>|
>| Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
>| whatever.
>
>...Kroakenhopper ?
Quebecois?
"Robert Bonomi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>> I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
>>> the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
>>> about a frog on an airplane.
>>
>>Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
>>the person who comes up with the best punch line.
>
> How about:
> 1) "Because they wouldn't let him fly under an assumed name"
> 2) "Because it would be impolite to call him 'dinner'"
> 3) "Because his friend the Wop/Chink/Pollock/{other ethinc identifier}
> _said_ to"
Because he's from Quebec?
Max
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:LIk0g.8875$MU4.2412@trnddc03...
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> TWS wrote:
>>> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>
>> Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>
>> http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>
> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway down
> for 'frog'.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
Reminds me of when I was working as a mechanical engineer. We were working
with a company in Memphis, TN on a steel part that was going to be forged.
The company was Conley Frog and Switch. Not knowing rail terminology at the
time, I thought it was an unusual name.
todd
"TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> TWS
Seems I read somewhere it is called a frog because it is something which is
lodged in the throat, i.e. "a frog in the throat". Probably a frog is just
a lump of something, be it a wedge, a hoof, or a wad of snot.
Gary
someone has way to much time on their hands, and I need my house painted
"TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> TWS
"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lobby Dosser wrote:
>> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>TWS wrote:
>>>
>>>>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>>>
>>>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>>>
>>>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>>>
>>>R
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway
>> down for 'frog'.
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch>
>
> Railroading possibly made the term more common,
> but there were things called frogs long before
> railroads.
>
Such as ...
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lobby Dosser wrote:
>>
>> Why do you suppose so many bits in so many different applications are
>> called frog?
>
> Probably because they reminded people of a frog shape/form.
>
> The typical scenario is for someone, unfamiliar with an item, to
> compare it to something that reminds them by some characteristic(s).
> The other common scenario is for someone to hear someone mention the
> item in question, and not knowing the correct spelling or
> pronounciation, morph the word into something that it sounded like or
> that they are more familiar with.
>
> R
>
None of them look like a frog. Bet there's something else.
In article <[email protected]>,
TWS <[email protected]> wrote:
>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>TWS
I always thought it was just because of the general wedge-like shape
and it's resemblance to a frog sitting. In fact the term "frog" is not
too uncommon to describe similarly shaped parts in various tools and
machinery besides planes.
I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
about a frog on an airplane.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:49:48 GMT, TWS <[email protected]> wrote:
>Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
Because if you can get SWMBO to kiss it, it will transform into a L-N.
-Leuf
TWS wrote:
> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> TWS
Suggest you buy a good dictionary.
The answer is there are all sorts of things call a
frog that look similar. Most are a lump of
something (like a frog squatting). The horses
foot part is a good answer but it also is just a
lump of something.
On 15 Apr 2006 22:26:18 -0700, "RicodJour" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>TWS wrote:
>> Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
>
>Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches.
>
>http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif
>
>R
Yes, I can see that now. Good suggestion, thanks for replying.
Probably explains it other uses as well.
Thanks to all who attempted to answer my question.
TWS