Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Thanks in advance,
TWS

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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Calling it a "toad" would make no sense at all, would it?

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| Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
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| 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".
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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

Also the wedge shape of a train rail switch, where one rail crosses another
is called a frog.

"Josh" wrote in message
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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

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

"__ Bob __" wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2
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hmmmm .. .. ..

WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??


Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
whatever.

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"__ Bob __" wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2
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hmmmm .. .. ..

WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??


Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
whatever.

Lyagushka.

Han (in ) said:

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|| WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??
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| Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ...
| whatever.

....Kroakenhopper ?

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DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
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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.

"__ Bob __" wrote:


hmmmm .. .. ..

WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ??

If it wasn't, no one would recognize it.

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

They didn't think Aardvark sounded to good.

"TWS" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Thanks in advance,
TWS

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.

"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
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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.

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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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

"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

"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message
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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

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

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.

"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 ...

"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

"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.

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.

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

"TWS" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Because it gets in your throat.

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ISP is clara.co.uk
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someone has way to much time on their hands, and I need my house painted
"TWS" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Thanks in advance,
TWS

bob kater wrote:
someone has way to much time on their hands, and I need my house painted
"TWS" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Thanks in advance,
TWS



No body paints with a frog!

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

"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.

Gary

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

In article ,
TWS 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.


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wrote:
In article ,
TWS 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

RicodJour wrote:
wrote:

In article ,
TWS 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
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Enoch Root wrote:
RicodJour wrote:
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 .com,
RicodJour wrote:

wrote:
In article ,
TWS 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"

"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message
...

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

RicodJour (in )
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

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:06:12 -0700, RicodJour opined:

Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
the person who comes up with the best punch line.

"... It was the CIGAR!"
--
"Keep your ass behind you"
wreck20051219 at spambob.net

In article .com,
RicodJour 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!"

Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Maybe for the same reason that piece of iron they use to rerail boxcars
on the
railroad is called a frog, which is....