Talk:Mongrel

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Move to Wiktionary? Jwrosenzweig 20:12 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Is my quote from Zackary's book too long or out of context? Joi 08:21, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It's not out of context. It feels a little long (esp for a disambig page), so I'm wondering whether it could be summarized with only a couple of key quotes? But I don't feel strongly either way. Elf | Talk 15:37, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I love that quote so much it's hard to refactor. ;-) Another question... why is this word ambiguous? Doesn't it always basically mean "mixed"? Joi 23:38, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Then I'd just leave it. Sure, it means mixed--but remember that disambig pages in Wikipedia just mean that there could be more than one article to which this phrase might logically lead. That's the main reason that it feels long here; typically these pages are just a list of links with explanations. But in this case, there's not really an article (yet?) about "mongrel (people)"-- so-- I don't know where else it would go! :-) Elf | Talk 00:15, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I like that '(yet?)', Elf! There probably should be an article, to discuss this and the word 'mongrel' used as an insult in Commonwealth countries. Quill 23:11, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Should mention be made of the popular Irish magazine named Mongrel? Mongrel site -SMB

The article is a bit messy as is. It should be split up into Mongrel for the primary meaning and etymology, and Mongrel (disambiguation), Mongrel (software) etc for the rest. (Because it does have one primary meaning, so it feels more natural if Mongrel itself isn't a disambig.) Currently the links are totally out of context, especially the uncommented link to mongrelx.org where you have to navigate around to even find out what it is (apparently some kind of media project).--87.162.45.42 22:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't seem to find the Midwest Institute in Kalamazoo through a google search, and I'm not sure this Richard character is real. Furthermore, a look through a text book from a History of English class reveals that in fact there are a very large number of polysyllabic words: winter (winter), hræfn (raven), galan (to sing), bringan (to bring), gecoren (chosen), giftian (to give a woman in marriage), stigrap (stirrup), dragan (to draw), hogu (to care), folgian (to follow), sunu (son)...and so on. Taken from The Origins and Development of the English Language (4th edition) by Thomas Pyles and John Algeo. Thus, I'm deleting that last section on etymology. 72.1.219.192 06:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)