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re: Update: Hogs on their way to Gainesville
Posted on 11/12/20 at 11:59 am to Mithridates6
Posted on 11/12/20 at 11:59 am to Mithridates6
That is one big lizard. These hurricanes have the gators all over the place in Mobile Bay.
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Posted on 11/12/20 at 3:33 pm to bigDgator
As I understand it the root word for pig in Middle English sounds like sooie. So calling sooie was basically like yelling here cat. Hog farmers for hundreds of years have yelled out sooie (spelled about a hundred different ways) when they are feeding the hogs.
If it helps any alligator comes to us from the Spanish word for lizard (lagarto) which comes from the Latin word for lizard "Lacerta". Shakespeare coined the word alligator in reference to lagarto.
If it helps any alligator comes to us from the Spanish word for lizard (lagarto) which comes from the Latin word for lizard "Lacerta". Shakespeare coined the word alligator in reference to lagarto.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 4:40 pm to Arksulli
Dropping some bard knowledge on us. I feel like the rant has just gotten a little more refined today. 
I knew that it was a Spanish word but didn't know ol Willie had anything to do with it being borrowed.
I knew that it was a Spanish word but didn't know ol Willie had anything to do with it being borrowed. This post was edited on 11/12/20 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 11/12/20 at 5:04 pm to Arksulli
Posted on 11/12/20 at 5:10 pm to Mithridates6
Posted on 11/12/20 at 5:25 pm to Mithridates6
tFlagship sails!!!
Posted on 11/12/20 at 6:33 pm to piggilicious
I thought sooie was descended from Middle English, a little research said that was a decent hunch. Alligator is one of those completely useless bits of trivia that gets stuck in your head. Patiently waiting for the once in a lifetime chance to demonstrate that while you can never plug something in a USB port correctly the first time you have completely useless knowledge to share.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 6:56 pm to Mithridates6
That's a damn dinosaur!!!
Posted on 11/12/20 at 7:36 pm to Mithridates6
Posted on 11/12/20 at 7:42 pm to Arksulli
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I thought sooie was descended from Middle English
I guess I just always thought it was just a spelling of a sound not a real word.
Posted on 11/12/20 at 8:09 pm to Mithridates6
This made it onto the IAF subreddit yesterday. I felt like a proud papa. You gotta be bad arse interesting to make it on that sub. Cool pic.
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