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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 10 of 11 1 2 … 8 9 10 11 Go to page... one more little piggy #51063 01/14/02 11:49 PM 01/14/02 11:49 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean I had this one rooting around in the back of my mind. No one brought it up so I looked it up in my trusty Merriam-Webster. Yup. I wasn't imagining it. shoat n. [ME shote; akin to Flem schote shoat] (15c): a young hog usu. less than one year old. Re: one more little piggy #51064 01/15/02 01:11 AM 01/15/02 01:11 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 To compensate for my envy at your remembering a word I should have remembered, I must ask you what you have in the back of your mind on which a shoat would root? Incidentally, I have wondered how much help pigs must have been to the early settlers. I made a garden out of what had been a grove of small oaks, but could not plow it until I had penned the pigs in the area for a summer. They ripped out stumps that had defeated the plow, and exposed rocks so I could put chain on them. Re: one more little piggy #51065 01/15/02 01:20 AM 01/15/02 01:20 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Why, truffles, of course! Re: Hog terminology #51066 01/15/02 02:49 AM 01/15/02 02:49 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I still have a picture of the Dunedin on my wall, in full sail Wow, that's really cool (double meaning intended). Thanks for sharing, you-all. Now--can you remember the name of the first submarine? <eg> Re: Hog terminology #51067 01/15/02 03:33 AM 01/15/02 03:33 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Are you thinking of the CSS Hunley? Re: pigskin submarines #51068 01/15/02 10:59 AM 01/15/02 10:59 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "football" as the third definition under "pigskin". I don't know what regulations now call for. Well, Cecil says they never *were made of pigskin. It was a pig bladder. They switched to rubber years ago. It's probably some synthetic any more. the name of the first submarine Would that be the Turtle? http://www.bowfin.org/ftp/subsci/ppt_html/turtle/sld002.htm http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/a_1776_submarine.htm CSS Hunley, indeed! Re: Cecil #51069 01/15/02 11:05 AM 01/15/02 11:05 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_121.html Re: pigskin submarines #51070 01/15/02 12:22 PM 01/15/02 12:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Yes, I was thinking of the Hunley. I had not heard of the Turtle. Thank you, Faldage. One of these days, I'll have to check back and see whether I am mis-remembering what Clive Cussler said, or if he mis-stated the facts. Still can't believe that's his real name... Re: one more little piggy #51071 01/15/02 03:08 PM 01/15/02 03:08 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Hey, Faldage, now tell us why WWI German submarines were called pigboats. Re: pigboats #51072 01/15/02 03:32 PM 01/15/02 03:32 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 German, Schmerman, Dr. Bill. Onliest thang I could find was this: http://www.battlebelow.com/glossary.htm#P which says it's a WWII term for (particularly) S class boats. And gives a reason for the term. This is post #99 in this thread. All further postings should go to a new thread. Page 10 of 11 1 2 … 8 9 10 11 Go to page... 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. 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