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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread dongled #8971 10/26/00 02:09 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 2 Colorado M markw OP stranger OP markw stranger M Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 2 Colorado My daughter is reading 'The Fifth of March - a story of the boston massacre' by Ann Rinaldi in her reading class - fifth grade. There is a reference to the word 'dongled' in a sentence and I can't find an appropriate definition. I'm aware of the term as it is used in reference to computers - hardly the case in a revolutionary war timeframe. So...... here's the sentence out of the book "Have the children settled down since being dongled awake by those tyrannical cannons?" Any ideas - Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dongled #8972 10/26/00 02:58 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome aBoard, markw. Although a "ding, dong' sound is used more generally for bells than cannons, my guess is that this word is a combination of dong and jangled. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dongled #8973 10/26/00 03:09 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass maybe it is a nonce inflection of dong, meant to suggest a deep sound, as that of a large bell -- I'm thinking along the lines of the "1812 Overture" with bells and cannons. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dongled #8974 10/26/00 07:51 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK I'd tend to agree with Jackie and tsuwm - dongled probably means woken up by a loud reverbrating noise - as from nearby church bells. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dongled #8975 10/26/00 09:08 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb addict paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Shorter Oxford only has -- Dongle: [Computing] A software protection device which must be plugged into a computer to enable the protected software to be used on it -- which is no use at all in the context of the book! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dongled #8976 10/26/00 01:36 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 2 Colorado M markw OP stranger OP markw stranger M Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 2 Colorado Thanks everyone - the ringing of bells and the echo of cannons was what we were thinking! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Dongle: verb or noun? #8977 10/30/00 11:13 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I ran all my best sources (British and American) for a usage of the verb "to dongle" as you found it in your child's text ... without success. In the process, I learned a great deal about dongles -- devices which attach to a data port on a PC to limit access to a particular application, as part of a security package. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,328 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,273 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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