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Page 10 of 11 < 1 2 ... 8 9 10 11 > Go to page... Topic Options #51063 - 01/14/02 06:49 PM one more little piggy consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: 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. Top #51064 - 01/14/02 08:11 PM Re: one more little piggy wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 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. Top #51065 - 01/14/02 08:20 PM Re: one more little piggy consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean Why, truffles, of course! Top #51066 - 01/14/02 09:49 PM Re: Hog terminology Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: 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> Top #51067 - 01/14/02 10:33 PM Re: Hog terminology wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Are you thinking of the CSS Hunley? Top #51068 - 01/15/02 05:59 AM Re: pigskin submarines Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 "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! Top #51069 - 01/15/02 06:05 AM Re: Cecil Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_121.html Top #51070 - 01/15/02 07:22 AM Re: pigskin submarines Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: 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... Top #51071 - 01/15/02 10:08 AM Re: one more little piggy wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Hey, Faldage, now tell us why WWI German submarines were called pigboats. Top #51072 - 01/15/02 10:32 AM Re: pigboats Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 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. Top Page 10 of 11 < 1 2 ... 8 9 10 11 > Go to page... Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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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