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Re: OT: Rant about degres Celsius (was: introduction)

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 13:10
From: "Tristan Alexander McLeay" <anstouh@...>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, John Cowan wrote: > > > Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit: > > > > > Snag: > > > > Why "snag"? Is that short for "snaga"? > > What's `snaga' mean? And where did this come from? The only thing I know > `snag' to mean is `sausage', which I'm assuming in't what it was meant to > mean.
"Snag" as I know it means what happens when fabric is dragged past a hook or a splinter or rough material or whatnot, and gets stuck on it. I.e., like "catch". ("I got up from the old chair, but my pants got snagged on a spring and I ripped them") *Muke!

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Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>snag and troll, was: Rant about degres Celsius