tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712311211123644484.post7373446985370904372..comments2024-03-04T03:48:04.116-05:00Comments on the ongoing saga of minouette: motion-detector frogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712311211123644484.post-89598266620996745812014-03-03T09:12:20.185-05:002014-03-03T09:12:20.185-05:00Ah! Good. That would make a bit more sense.Ah! Good. That would make a bit more sense.minouettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698448500324207741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712311211123644484.post-79190307945787519842014-03-02T17:03:23.541-05:002014-03-02T17:03:23.541-05:00Stephen Fry probably said "Pollywog", wh...Stephen Fry probably said "Pollywog", which is a tadpole, not "Gollywog" which is something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712311211123644484.post-3902409948962246692013-06-04T20:46:06.996-04:002013-06-04T20:46:06.996-04:00Apparently, frogs ribbiting is the Canadian influe...Apparently, frogs ribbiting is the Canadian influence - according to the OED, the word is Canadian in origine, which I wouldn't have imagined.<br /><br />What a bizarre thing for Stephen Fry to do (unless it's an elaborate joke). I've only ever heard that word to mean something <i>very different from a tadpole</i> and not the sort of word unsuspecting Brits should use in the US.minouettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698448500324207741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712311211123644484.post-46113064424513494932013-06-04T20:36:32.153-04:002013-06-04T20:36:32.153-04:00Frogs "ribbit" in America, too. Also, we...Frogs "ribbit" in America, too. Also, we call tadpoles "tadpoles" and not gollywogs, as Stephen Fry has just lead all of the United Kingdom to believe.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.com