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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
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"TWS" wrote in message ...
| Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog? | | 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". -- PDQ -- |
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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 |
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They didn't think Aardvark sounded to good.
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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. |
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![]() 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 |
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"RicodJour" 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 |
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"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message
news:LIk0g.8875$MU4.2412@trnddc03... "RicodJour" 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 |
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Lobby Dosser wrote:
"RicodJour" 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. |
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![]() "TWS" wrote in message ... 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 |
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"George E. Cawthon" wrote:
Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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 ... |
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![]() "Lobby Dosser" wrote in message news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07... "George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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 |
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"Bush Carpenter" wrote:
"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07... "George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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? |
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![]() "George E. Cawthon" wrote in message ... 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 -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
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someone has way to much time on their hands, and I need my house painted
"TWS" wrote in message ... Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog? Thanks in advance, TWS |
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![]() "Lobby Dosser" wrote in message news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07... "George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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. ![]() |
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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 |
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Also the wedge shape of a train rail switch, where one rail crosses another
is called a frog. "Josh" wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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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" wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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"__ Bob __" wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2
@fe06.lga: hmmmm .. .. .. WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ?? Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ... whatever. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:49:48 GMT, TWS wrote:
Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog? Because if you can get SWMBO to kiss it, it will transform into a L-N. -Leuf |
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![]() "Han" wrote in message ... "__ Bob __" wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$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. |
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Lobby Dosser wrote:
"George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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. |
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Bush Carpenter wrote:
"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07... "George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" wrote: TWS wrote: Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog? Because it looks like a frog sitting on its haunches. http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/images/leopfrog.gif R More likely to have come from railroad terminology. See about halfway down for 'frog'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch Railroading possibly made the term more common, but there were things called frogs long before railroads. Such as ... Perhaps ... Part of a violin bow Part of a horse-drawn mouldboard plough Device to attach a sword/scabbard/bayonet/axe to a belt or sling Oh hell, you should have made him work for it. |
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Lobby Dosser wrote:
"Bush Carpenter" wrote: "Lobby Dosser" wrote in message news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07... "George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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. |
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bob kater wrote:
someone has way to much time on their hands, and I need my house painted "TWS" wrote in message ... Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog? Thanks in advance, TWS No body paints with a frog! |
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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" wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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On 15 Apr 2006 22:26:18 -0700, "RicodJour"
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 |
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Han (in ) said:
| "__ Bob __" wrote in | news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2 @fe06.lga: | || hmmmm .. .. .. || || WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ?? || | | Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ... | whatever. ....Kroakenhopper ? -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto |
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On 16/04/2006 12:44 PM, __ Bob __ wrote:
hmmmm .. .. .. WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ?? Because it tastes like chicken. |
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The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:
Han (in ) said: | "__ Bob __" wrote in | news:Qvu0g.45$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? |
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The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:
Oleg Lego (in ) said: | The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly: | || ...Kroakenhopper ? | | Quebecois? Severely fractured German :-) No! Quebecois is another name for a frog. |
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"RicodJour" 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. |
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"CW" wrote:
"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message news:nsn0g.6121$yQ.1935@trnddc07... "George E. Cawthon" wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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. ![]() |
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hmmmm .. .. .. WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ?? If it wasn't, no one would recognize it. |
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![]() "TWS" wrote in message ... 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 |
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gary in virginia (NOSPAM NOSPAM NOSPAM) wrote:
"TWS" wrote in message ... 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 |
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![]() Lobby Dosser wrote: "RicodJour" 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 |
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