Why is a Frog on a plane called a Frog?

[Han]

"" wrote in news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2 @fe06.lga:

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

[Leuf]

Because if you can get SWMBO to kiss it, it will transform into a L-N.

-Leuf

[George]

Lyagushka.

[George E. Cawthon]

If you don't have one, now is a good time to get a copy of the Websters 3rd International dictionary.

[George E. Cawthon]

Oh hell, you should have made him work for it.

[George E. Cawthon]

We answered that!

The part on the tip of a bow is just the tip of the bow, the frog is the par that adjusts the tension.

[George E. Cawthon]

No body paints with a frog!

[George E. Cawthon]

I think you have that a bit messed up and some of the descriptions are bit unclear.

I believe a frog has noth> Also the wedge shape of a train rail switch, where one rail crosses another

[TWS]

Probably explains it other uses as well.

Thanks to all who attempted to answer my question. TWS

[Morris Dovey]

| "" wrote in | news:Qvu0g.45$J52.2 @fe06.lga: | || hmmmm .. .. .. || || WHY is a frog called a frog ?? ?? ?? || | | Actually the animal's name is kikker (dutch) or Rana (latin), or ... | whatever.

...Kroakenhopper ?

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

[Doug Payne]

Because it tastes like chicken.

[Oleg Lego]

The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:

Quebecois?

[Morris Dovey]

| The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly: | || ...Kroakenhopper ? | | Quebecois?

Severely fractured German :-)

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

[Oleg Lego]

The Morris Dovey entity posted thusly:

No! Quebecois is another name for a frog.

[Lobby Dosser]

None of them look like a frog. Bet there's something else.

[Lobby Dosser]

They could have called them Newts. :o)

[Lobby Dosser]

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

[gary in virginia]

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

[RicodJour]

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

[RicodJour]

Kind of like arguing the results of a Rorshach test. The comparison characteristic just has to remind someone - it's not designed to resemble an animal.

R