Sausage fingers

[Sallie Lemons]

I not completely certain of this, but I think I remember, in a televised
interview, Prince Charles referring to the Windor "sausage fingers," glancing
down at his own.  Not much, I know. Certainly not academic.

Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> FWIW, as I didn't receive any replies, I have decided to recommend that
> sausage fingers means fingers with the sausage aspect of puffiness.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> gogaku at ix.netcom.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Benjamin Barrett
>
> An acquaintance working on a Japanese/English dictionary project (available
> for free on the Web at http://www.alc.co.jp/eijiro/) asks about the
> expression "sausage fingers."
>
> After a search on Alta Vista, I perused several pages that (besides the
> medical condition) seemed to indicate that sausage fingers are stubby =
> short and fat.
>
> A comparison of that conclusion to her examples seemed to fit except for the
> final citation:
>
> Painter , a ridiculous spoof video by Paul McCarthy (1995), has a
> loony-looking person bashing about with elongated sausage fingers
> and extended nose".
>
> Is this an extension of sausage fingers, simply puffy-looking long fingers,
> or something else again?
>
> Opinions or useful citations welcomed.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> gogaku at ix.netcom.com