2006-10-06 12:03:07 · 15 answers · asked by baz1lf 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
The dent is actually a depression, but they were using that word for the Brits so they decided to use the word 'frog' instead.
If you check Landgirl6's answer above
you will be in the ballpark.
I ain't going to steal her thunder.
She knows what she is talking about.
2006-10-06 12:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by SouthOckendon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the 1st dent was caused by a frog trapped in the clay when the brick was fired
That answer is on page 2 of the website below
2006-10-06 19:21:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea, but I can guess! The dent in a brick is the weak bit, and "frog" is the nickname we give to French people!
Don't forget bricks were invented WAY before political correctness!
2006-10-06 19:11:54 · answer #3 · answered by alfie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer isn't quite clear. According to the following website, "frog" could be related to the etymology of "fork" because of its shape. It's also possible that it's related to "frugal", because a frog is an indent, a hollow part that would "economise on materials and weight".
This is the website, The Great Frog Debate, where this is discussed:
http://www.rics.org/Builtenvironment/Buildingmaterials/Cementitiousconcreteandmineralboundmaterials/frog_discussion210705.html
2006-10-06 19:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when bricks where made by hand they used a trowel scooped out the hollow flicked it onto a board the splat looked like a frog
2006-10-06 19:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by pdc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably something to do with how one brick sit on top of the other. Sorry dont know.
2006-10-06 19:11:48 · answer #6 · answered by mistickle17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dent is called a frog? ribbet really? sorry i could not resist that one!
2006-10-06 19:18:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause it very much like the frog on a horses foot !!
2006-10-06 19:13:22 · answer #8 · answered by landgirl60 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go with land g.....there has been a variety of locking and anchor systems used in masonry...and it wasn't limited to english.....some of the most brilliant systems have been arabic/german/french/danish/hindi/chineese...oh and the odd italian...check their deffinitions....but in eack case a word would convey the idea or transfering a load..or a force vertically or horizontally
2006-10-06 19:30:40 · answer #9 · answered by rod h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask tommy Walsh
2006-10-06 19:24:54 · answer #10 · answered by GB123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋