[SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines

[Baker, John]

        You didn't see my post saying that it's pronounced with hard G's?  Aka, "guig."

        The possibility that the writer was referring to fishing about with a gig had also occurred to me, though it seemed less likely than the "move backwards and forwards" meaning.  I am familiar with gigs, which in my experience are used for hunting frogs (although I gather that other people use them for fishing).  Essentially, a gig is a small trident at the end of a long, light pole.  They are used for spearing small animals in areas of low visibility.  The user attempts to spear the frog or fish; usually there is no more than a suspicion that the animal is there, so there is a lot of guesswork involved.


John Baker


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Nussbaum
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Subject: Re: [SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines

None of you scholars of American dialects have told me how it is pronounced, guig or jig?

Dan

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