Wordie: Democracie: astacology: Comments

Comment by mollusque, 2 months ago

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:03:43 +0000

What about gilgie, marron, koonac and yabby?

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:06:59 +0000

Hmmmm. Votes sort of went to crawdad(y), but more wordies list crayfish.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:49:07 +0000

Darn straight, I'm a libertarian! :-D
(I just play a fascist on TV, I mean on Wordie.)

well you get a line and I'll get a pole, we'll go fish in a crawdad hole

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:58:04 +0000

vote goes to crayfish and thanks, trivet, for not being a a democrat in name only (ahem*uselesness)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:33:01 +0000

I looked up the etymology too, trivet. Fascinating!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:56:07 +0000

Looks good!

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:53:11 +0000

*dusting off hands* That oughta fix it.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:22:06 +0000

Oh, I thought you were just trying to one-up me or something. :-) The general practice for naming "-ie" lists is "Democracie: Astacology." You can do it however you want, but that's sort of standard. I number mine in the order I add them, so I can keep them straight.

I guess I just took your stance on write-ins personally after the reaction I got when I revealed my zero-tolerance policy. I presumed this list was the much-rumored revolt I had been expecting. :-D

Etymology from the American Heritage Dictionary via dictionary.com:

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:21:30 +0000

The crayfish, also known as the crawfish, owes its name to a misunderstanding. The actual source of the word may be the Old High German word krebiz, "edible crustacean," or a word related to it. From this Germanic source came Old French crevice, which when taken into English became crevise (first recorded in a document written in 1311-1312). In Old French and Middle English these words designated the crayfish. People began to pronounce and spell the last part of this word as if it were fish, the first fish spelling being recorded in 1555. Because of a variation in Anglo-Norman pronunciation, two forms of the word have come down to Modern English: crayfish and crawfish.

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:17:49 +0000

Craydad does get some google hits - is that a vote? (I agree that it looks kinda funky.)

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:07:35 +0000

I'm sorry, u, I was trying to give credit where credit is due. Would you prefer democracie II?

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:45:05 +0000

What about craydad?
Wait... that's just weird.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:29:29 +0000

Are you suggesting something, trivet?
I'm quite happy with the ballot, thankyouverymuch, and I hereby place my vote for crawfish. Hmph. 2.0. Hmph again.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:47:12 +0000

I prefer crawdad. It's one of the best names amongmid all crustaceans.

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:39:43 +0000

Write-ins encouraged - I'm no wordinista :)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:38:23 +0000

Can I write in a vote? Crawdaddy?