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.