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CodeCat · Postby **CodeCat** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:44 pm

Hey, so you're from Scotland? I've been there, it's really nice! ^^

Tod the Lowrie · Postby **Tod the Lowrie** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:56 pm

Hey, so you're from Scotland? I've been there, it's really nice! ^^

Nah, I'm not from Scotland, I'm from the US. I wanna go there though!

Sidenote: As far as I know, in english Tod is the name for a male fox as vixen is for a female.

Yep. My middle name (Todd) is English in origin and also means 'fox'. I think that definition of tod has almost died out though. The dictionary lists it as being used in Scotland and Northern England. I'm gonna have to start using tod in normal conversation.

Bocaj Claw · Postby **Bocaj Claw** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:17 pm

The fox in Plague Dogs is called The Tod.

likeafox · Postby **likeafox** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:33 pm

Welcome to the forums Tod the Lowrie.

The fox in Plague Dogs is called The Tod.

That's a good movie I wish I could see it again. They showed it on TV here once but I missed the beginning..

Also tod means death in german.

Miles E Traysandor · Postby **Miles E Traysandor** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:29 pm

*Does the Welcoming Dance of Thingyness for no apparent reason*

Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe · Postby **Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:08 pm

AGHHHHHHHHHH!!! My Lab is gonna explode!!! Run for your lives!!!

...

Oh, hey welcome to DC, enjoy your stay, and if ya wanna help me blow stuff up, you're more than welcome to.

*runs off waving arms in a hysterical manner...

Angstwolf · Postby **Angstwolf** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:40 pm

I was never invited to help you blow stuff up.

Tom Flapwell · Postby **Tom Flapwell** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:43 pm

According to Webster, "tod" is Middle English in origin and chiefly Scottish in usage. They deem it an exact synonym for "fox."

For some reason, I thought it was specific to youngish foxes. Probably because Todd in TFatH was called a "toddler" before he was given a name.

"Dog" is sometimes used in reference to a male fox. "Dog-fox" or "dog fox" makes it somewhat less confusing. Early episodes of "21st Century Fox" used the hyphenated version.

Tod the Lowrie · Postby **Tod the Lowrie** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:57 pm

Dictionary.com says the same thing. It aslo says "tod" is an English unit of measurment and a bushy mass.

Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe · Postby **Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:21 pm

I was never invited to help you blow stuff up.

I didn't have a lab back then, I do now. You are more than welcome to help me blow stuff up.

Tum0spoo · Postby **Tum0spoo** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:06 pm

Dictionary.com says the same thing. It aslo says "tod" is an English unit of measurment and a bushy mass.

Indeed it does. Interesting that Tod has something to do with wool, and is also a name for foxes.
Weeeeeeird.

Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:22 pm

Tod the tod put on his tod of wool for winter

Tod the Lowrie · Postby **Tod the Lowrie** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:20 pm

Such a versatile word!

Hmmm...

Tod the tod tod carried many tods of tod and a tod of tods.

Definitions (in order, not counting the 1st one)
1. alone and on your own
2. a crafty person
3. a unit of weight
4. a bushy mass
5. a load
6. a fox

CodeCat · Postby **CodeCat** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:34 pm

It's even more interesting (I think) that the word 'fox' derives from an ancient word for 'tail'... ^^

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fox

Tom Flapwell · Postby **Tom Flapwell** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:30 pm

Figures, doesn't it? What's more distinctive on a fox? I imagine, in a furry world, some hostile stranger shouting, "Hey, you with the tail!"

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