Topic: Tadpole or Pollywog Read 1276 times

Liechtenstein · « **on:** November 25, 2020, 02:46:03 pm »

A silly and otherwise useless Wednesday musing.

I'm teaching about the lifecycle of the frog in science class. The book says egg-tadpole-froglet-frog

I thought, tadpole??? What the heck is that?

Anyone else call them pollywogs?

stoat · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2020, 03:03:57 pm »

I've heard the name but I imagine it's not very PC these days.

745sticky · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2020, 03:08:50 pm »

tadpole

aint pollywog a pokemon or something?

Don Hobak · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2020, 04:14:02 pm »

Quote from: Liechtenstein on November 25, 2020, 02:46:03 pm

Anyone else call them pollywogs?

Thats not how we learned it in sailing school this coming from a seasoned shellback.

oglop · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2020, 04:48:49 pm »

My friend used to call woodlice "bellybutton men"

What's that about then

JNM · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2020, 06:27:02 pm »

Only ever heard pollywog in childrens songs or books.

JenniferNZ1 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2020, 07:15:14 am »

I've only used the term 'tadpole' but have heard of pollywogs so would know what they were. I'm from British backdrop - does that make a difference?

Kyndo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 26, 2020, 07:34:29 am »

I've only ever used the term "Lissamphibia larvae".

Mr C · « **Reply #8 on:** November 26, 2020, 07:37:21 am »

Quote from: JenniferNZ1 on November 26, 2020, 07:15:14 am

I've only used the term 'tadpole' but have heard of pollywogs so would know what they were. I'm from British backdrop - does that make a difference?

Interesting. Stephen Fry once brought up pollywog on QI and none of the guests knew it. He said it was an Americanism. As an American, I had heard the term, but tadpole was how I knew them.

Kayos · « **Reply #9 on:** November 26, 2020, 08:09:01 am »

Never heard even heard of the word "pollywogs" until today haha.

Liechtenstein · « **Reply #10 on:** November 26, 2020, 08:52:06 am »

Quote from: stoat on November 25, 2020, 03:03:57 pm

I've heard the name but I imagine it's not very PC these days.

Displaying my:

A) Lack of PC culture

or

B) Lack of "apparently" racist thoughts

But why would pollywog not be PC? Seriously, I don't know.

D.L.Orean · « **Reply #11 on:** November 26, 2020, 08:57:33 am »

Quote from: Liechtenstein on November 26, 2020, 08:52:06 am

Displaying my:

A) Lack of PC culture

or

B) Lack of "apparently" racist thoughts

But why would pollywog not be PC? Seriously, I don't know.

I'd guess he made the comment based on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog

"Wog is a slang word in the idiom of Australian English and British English. It is usually employed as an ethnic or racial slur, and considered derogatory and offensive."

stoat · « **Reply #12 on:** November 26, 2020, 09:21:15 am »

Quote from: D.L.Orean on November 26, 2020, 08:57:33 am

I'd guess he made the comment based on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog

"Wog is a slang word in the idiom of Australian English and British English. It is usually employed as an ethnic or racial slur, and considered derogatory and offensive."

It also rhymes with 'gollywog' which is bound to trigger somebody

Don Hobak · « **Reply #13 on:** November 26, 2020, 09:25:53 am »

Quote from: Kyndo on November 26, 2020, 07:34:29 am

I've only ever used the term "Lissamphibia larvae".

Hardly appropriate for polite company!

Quote from: D.L.Orean on November 26, 2020, 08:57:33 am

I'd guess he made the comment based on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog

"Wog is a slang word in the idiom of Australian English and British English. It is usually employed as an ethnic or racial slur, and considered derogatory and offensive."

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pollywog

Quote

Noun
pollywog (plural pollywogs)

A polliwog.
(sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
(New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).

Now that youve revealed yourself to be a raging imperial ethnoracist, kindly escalate your offensive comments until we have enough grounds to mute you.

Mr.DeMartino · « **Reply #14 on:** November 26, 2020, 09:35:54 am »

As an American, I'm ashamed my kind has come up with a term that sounds like something more befitting the Commonwealthers in its absurdity and impracticality.

Kyndo · « **Reply #15 on:** November 26, 2020, 09:47:47 am »

Quote from: Don Hobak on November 26, 2020, 09:25:53 am

Hardly appropriate for polite company!

Well, that's a step up from "hardly appropriate for *any* company." which is what I used to get all the time.

Liechtenstein · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2020, 11:58:18 am »

Well, there you have it. I learned something on this site. Will wonders never cease?

Kyndo · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2020, 12:23:32 pm »

Just for interest's sake, baby salamanders, toads, caecilians, and newts are also called tadpoles (or polliwogs, or pollywogs)

Kayos · « **Reply #18 on:** November 26, 2020, 01:06:24 pm »

Thinking back - I wonder if the Pokemon: Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, and Politoed are named based on the word "pollywog" haha

JNM · « **Reply #19 on:** November 26, 2020, 04:25:02 pm »

Quote from: Kayos on November 26, 2020, 01:06:24 pm

Thinking back - I wonder if the Pokemon: Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, and Politoed are named based on the word "pollywog" haha

They most certainly are!

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