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The origins of standard shape names
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<blockquote data-quote="sstodvictory" data-source="post: 147117" data-attributes="member: 948"><p>Recently I showed a poker to a friend. The first thing he did was grasp it in his fist with the stem pointing away from him. He began making jabbing motions with it, saying he understood how it came to be called a "poker". That may be, but then there's the game of poker, the poker fireplace tool, Poker is a surname of English origin, and there's probably a place-name Poker somewhere as well. It got me wondering about other standard shape names.</p><p></p><p>Names like Apple or Brandy seem obvious from their shape, and we all know the origin of the shape name "Bing Crosby", but then there's Dublin, Zulu, Billiard, Bulldog, Author, and others...and Poker..that are not so obvious.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dublin</strong>, I have heard, was a popular clay pipe shape named after the city.</p><p></p><p>What do you know about the origin of shape names? What have you heard that falls short of know?</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sstodvictory, post: 147117, member: 948"] Recently I showed a poker to a friend. The first thing he did was grasp it in his fist with the stem pointing away from him. He began making jabbing motions with it, saying he understood how it came to be called a "poker". That may be, but then there's the game of poker, the poker fireplace tool, Poker is a surname of English origin, and there's probably a place-name Poker somewhere as well. It got me wondering about other standard shape names. Names like Apple or Brandy seem obvious from their shape, and we all know the origin of the shape name "Bing Crosby", but then there's Dublin, Zulu, Billiard, Bulldog, Author, and others...and Poker..that are not so obvious. [b]Dublin[/b], I have heard, was a popular clay pipe shape named after the city. What do you know about the origin of shape names? What have you heard that falls short of know? Steve [/QUOTE]
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