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
about 1 year ago trivet said:Etymology from the American Heritage Dictionary via dictionary.com:
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.
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.
Hmmmm. Votes sort of went to crawdad(y), but more wordies list crayfish.
Darn straight, I'm a libertarian! :-D
(I just play a fascist on TV, I mean on Wordie.)
vote goes to crayfish and thanks, trivet, for not being a a democrat in name only (ahem*uselesness)
I looked up the etymology too, trivet. Fascinating!
Looks good!
*dusting off hands* That oughta fix it.
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
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.
Craydad does get some google hits - is that a vote? (I agree that it looks kinda funky.)
I'm sorry, u, I was trying to give credit where credit is due. Would you prefer democracie II?
What about craydad?
Wait... that's just weird.
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.
I prefer crawdad. It's one of the best names amongmid all crustaceans.
Write-ins encouraged - I'm no wordinista :)
Can I write in a vote? Crawdaddy?