Vodkagirly
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My husband asked last night and I had no idea. My dad thought it was to do with the dip in bricks which is also known as a frog. Any ideas?
Why is a frog, called a frog!
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jules9203
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What a good question! I've no idea but hopefully someone will.......
ozpoz
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It is frog shaped?
Meredith
riding reluctantly into the sunset
You might find this interesting...but I make no claims to it's accuracy!
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/25512.html
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/25512.html
Vodkagirly
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Interesting thanks
Illusion100
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ginal of the term frog in horses foot&f=false
All the complicated stuff aside my simple little brain has decided that English speaking folk noticed that in dryer seasons this part of the foot became less spongy and took on more of a dried up and shrivelled appearance, just like a frog would if deprived from water and so it was more of a 'nickname', as such it was used more than any original technical term and it stuck as the majority of less or uneducated folk would understand what the 'frog' was rather as a common simple term rather than some latin/other complicated term.
Or even more simply it all began when someone asked 'What part of the foot do you mean?' and the reply was 'The quishy part, just like a frog.' and it all went from there.....
All the complicated stuff aside my simple little brain has decided that English speaking folk noticed that in dryer seasons this part of the foot became less spongy and took on more of a dried up and shrivelled appearance, just like a frog would if deprived from water and so it was more of a 'nickname', as such it was used more than any original technical term and it stuck as the majority of less or uneducated folk would understand what the 'frog' was rather as a common simple term rather than some latin/other complicated term.
Or even more simply it all began when someone asked 'What part of the foot do you mean?' and the reply was 'The quishy part, just like a frog.' and it all went from there.....
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wallflower
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I'm usually a lurker but (for some reason) I felt the need to reg for this!
I always thought frog came from an old foreign (maybe French?) root word which meant or used to mean 'forked' (which fits since the frog is forked like a V).
I always thought frog came from an old foreign (maybe French?) root word which meant or used to mean 'forked' (which fits since the frog is forked like a V).
dibbin
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I was taught that it's because it's shaped like a frog 
Alec Swan
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When white men first inhabited Australia a group were wandering about and this curious looking animal with a long tail came bouncing by and one of the Whites asked an Aborigine "What's that? "Kangaroo" came the reply, and it was ages before they discovered that 'Kangaroo' is Aborigine for 'Don't know'.
Then there's a frog which holds a sword in place on a belt and as it's the same shape as a frog on a horse, perhaps that's something to do with it. Otherwise, kangaroo!
Alec.
Then there's a frog which holds a sword in place on a belt and as it's the same shape as a frog on a horse, perhaps that's something to do with it. Otherwise, kangaroo!
Alec.
Meredith
riding reluctantly into the sunset
Just to complicate matters, isn't there a 'frog' on a violin bow, too?