Posted 12/10/2013 18:58 (#3508052 - in reply to #3506652) Subject: Re: FROG - Why's it refered to as a FROG ?
Alberta, Canada
Ifarm has it right. There is a reason we measure tractors by horsepower. Harnessing horses was huge in human progress. And the frog in their foot is huge to a horse's soundness. Hence the tendency to label similar shaped objects frogs. That said, in Canada there can be a second meaning.