Amazingly we don't have a local translation of dogging. What conclusion should I draw from that...
On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 at 20:44, Bob Pdml <pdm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On 17 Apr 2021, at 19:18, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On 17 April 2021 at 08:03 Bob Pdml <pdm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On 17 Apr 2021, at 07:21, Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote: > >>> > >>> [...] And now I need to > >>> know why it's called Dogwood in English. > >> > >> Probably something to do with their bark. > > > > Woodn't you know it. I was taught, many years ago, that it is a corruption > > of dagwood, which is what arrows (dags) were made from. > > OED says “so named because the wood was formerly used to make ‘dogs’ (i.e. > skewers)”. > > This may be the origin of the popular British pastime of dogging, when you go > out in the evening to the nearest woods looking for a right old dog to > spit-roast... > > > >>>>>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, 16:33 Daniel J. Matyola, <danmaty...@gmail.com> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> My dogwood trees are just about ready to burst into bloom: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/16/bud > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
