The crayfish, also known as the crawfish, owes its name to a misunderstanding. The actual source of the word may be the Old High German word krebiz, "edible crustacean," or a word related to it. From this Germanic source came Old French crevice, which when taken into English became crevise (first recorded in a document written in 1311-1312). In Old French and Middle English these words designated the crayfish. People began to pronounce and spell the last part of this word as if it were fish, the first fish spelling being recorded in 1555. Because of a variation in Anglo-Norman pronunciation, two forms of the word have come down to Modern English: crayfish and crawfish.
Oh, I thought you were just trying to one-up me or something. :-) The general practice for naming "-ie" lists is "Democracie: Astacology." You can do it however you want, but that's sort of standard. I number mine in the order I add them, so I can keep them straight.
I guess I just took your stance on write-ins personally after the reaction I got when I revealed my zero-tolerance policy. I presumed this list was the much-rumored revolt I had been expecting. :-D
reesetee commented on the list democracie-astacology
Can I write in a vote? Crawdaddy?
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-astacology
Write-ins encouraged - I'm no wordinista :)
March 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list democracie-astacology
I prefer crawdad. It's one of the best names amongmid all crustaceans.
March 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-astacology
Are you suggesting something, trivet?
I'm quite happy with the ballot, thankyouverymuch, and I hereby place my vote for crawfish. Hmph. 2.0. Hmph again.
March 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list democracie-astacology
What about craydad?
Wait... that's just weird.
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-astacology
I'm sorry, u, I was trying to give credit where credit is due. Would you prefer democracie II?
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-astacology
Craydad does get some google hits - is that a vote? (I agree that it looks kinda funky.)
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-astacology
The crayfish, also known as the crawfish, owes its name to a misunderstanding. The actual source of the word may be the Old High German word krebiz, "edible crustacean," or a word related to it. From this Germanic source came Old French crevice, which when taken into English became crevise (first recorded in a document written in 1311-1312). In Old French and Middle English these words designated the crayfish. People began to pronounce and spell the last part of this word as if it were fish, the first fish spelling being recorded in 1555. Because of a variation in Anglo-Norman pronunciation, two forms of the word have come down to Modern English: crayfish and crawfish.
March 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-astacology
Oh, I thought you were just trying to one-up me or something. :-) The general practice for naming "-ie" lists is "Democracie: Astacology." You can do it however you want, but that's sort of standard. I number mine in the order I add them, so I can keep them straight.
I guess I just took your stance on write-ins personally after the reaction I got when I revealed my zero-tolerance policy. I presumed this list was the much-rumored revolt I had been expecting. :-D
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-astacology
*dusting off hands* That oughta fix it.
March 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-astacology
Looks good!
March 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the list democracie-astacology
I looked up the etymology too, trivet. Fascinating!
March 7, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the list democracie-astacology
vote goes to crayfish and thanks, trivet, for not being a a democrat in name only (ahem*uselesness)
March 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-astacology
Darn straight, I'm a libertarian! :-D
(I just play a fascist on TV, I mean on Wordie.)
March 7, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-astacology
Hmmmm. Votes sort of went to crawdad(y), but more wordies list crayfish.
March 14, 2007
mollusque commented on the list democracie-astacology
What about gilgie, marron, koonac and yabby?
September 10, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the list democracie-astacology
I'm surprised mollusque didn't mention mudbugs.
June 12, 2012