New retroacroetymythostupidnym

Dave Hause dwhause at JOBE.NET
Wed Aug 24 03:27:25 UTC 2005


Of course.  That's the antecedent for that famous angler's musical, "Pogey
and Bass."
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>

does no one know that the pogey is also a fish?  the word denotes the
menhaden or some closely related fish.



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