gary in virginia (NOSPAM NOSPAM NOSPAM) wrote:
"TWS" wrote in message
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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