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)

The pic is all wrong - it is unusual and does not properly show what a mutt is likely to look like. There are several types of typical mutts/mongrels for dogs, generally by size - large medium hair (from feral packs interbreeding german shepherds, labradors, goldens, and other large dogs likely to win the right to breed), very large longhair, small shorthair, and generic small&curly (appears to have the traits of a german, a poodle, and a terrier). Anyone living in a big city will surely notice that local feral dog populations tend to homogenize into one of these types after just a couple of generations. Same thing happens to domestic populations that haven't been neutered and are allowed to breed freely during walks. Hence, an image of a typical mongrel would make sense! 128.195.186.86 00:22, 28 September 2007 (UTC)Adieu

The pic of the red dog is not wrong - it is a true mongrel in which not a single contributing breed is identifiable. I agree that mongrels in particular cities converge on a type and the red dog type is common in South Auckland, New Zealand. Which was stated on the caption originally and so should've been of interest, especially to those Northern hemisphere-centrics who think a typical mongrel is as described in the comment above. The mongrel population will not always converge on those types - it will reflect the breeds popular at the time with people who don't neuter, which is often staffies rather than german shepherds and poodles. And so I am reinstating the original red dog, instead of the black lab cross which has appeared in the interim even though it is already present over on the mixed breed page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.36.134.22 (talk) 04:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic band-spam doesn't belong in an article in the pets category. 24.175.140.6 (talk) 17:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)