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#203363 - 11/19/11 05:21 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: Owlbow]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	As dear Owlbow knows the word but does not want to tell it I'll now blow the half/hog. Now that a whole one seems to get started. fundulus heteroclitus, oftewel: mummichog mummichog Ain't she sweet.....
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#203382 - 11/20/11 03:48 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: BranShea]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: BranShea Don't know what stuwm[sic] is buzzing, but he seems to have lost his appetite for leading a round. from your link: Mummichogs are used to stock otherwise fishless ponds that breed mosquitos, and within three days the ponds are normally mosquito free.
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#203385 - 11/20/11 04:36 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: tsuwm]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Quote: Mummichogs are often caught in seines and minnow traps to be sold as live bait for fishermen. All that they do for us and we sell them as bait. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#203395 - 11/21/11 10:18 AM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
Owlbow enthusiast Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 389 Loc: Rhode Island, USA	I was waiting, (too long), for others' inputs. My old home computer is dead. This may explain my inconsistent appearances here. As of late last evening, we have a brandy new one built by our talented son who works at the Fletcher School at Tufts. I am to set it up after work, (where I'm at now), today. We used to fish for Fluke, (but caught mostly Sea Robins), off Sandy Hook NJ using mummies for bait. Yes - I am one of the ingrates. I knew that it was a Native American word, but no more specifics than that. Does that entitle me to half a win of this half hog? If so, may I request a rear quarter? Edited by Owlbow (11/22/11 08:43 AM)
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#203404 - 11/21/11 02:22 PM Re: mummichog [Re: Owlbow]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	You are the winner of the whole chog. I know your words are to be trusted. I did not want to keep the ½ one running with the new whole one. See Rhubarb Commando's thread (incunabulum) Enjoy the new computer. For the native Am. word : ETYMOLOGY: Narragansett moamitteag
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#203405 - 11/21/11 02:31 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Originally Posted By: tsuwm from your link: Mummichogs are used to stock otherwise fishless ponds that breed mosquitos, and within three days the ponds are normally mosquito free. You read my link better than I did. It also proves that you read my link before I did, how's that?
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#203406 - 11/21/11 03:28 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: BranShea]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: BranShea Originally Posted By: tsuwm from your link: Mummichogs are used to stock otherwise fishless ponds that breed mosquitos, and within three days the ponds are normally mosquito free. You read my link better than did. It also proves that you read my link before I did, how's that? don't know about that - I just remember reading somewhere about the mosquito thing.
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#203546 - 11/28/11 09:57 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: Owlbow]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	may I request a rear quarter? Why, owly--is that where your pockets are?
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#203566 - 11/29/11 10:44 AM Re: mummichog [Re: BranShea]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	Wow, is it really a Narragansett word? That was sheer guesswork on my part.
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#203571 - 11/29/11 02:03 PM Re: Half - a - hog / mummichog [Re: Jackie]
Owlbow enthusiast Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 389 Loc: Rhode Island, USA	Originally Posted By: Jackie may I request a rear quarter? Why, owly--is that where your pockets are? Some of them
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