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Why do we call them Coots?
Nov 21, 2013, 9:34 PM
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I know this will sound stupid and I swear I am not a COOT, but I have been calling them coots for years. I was just wondering the origin or how that came about. Gamecocks - Chickens, Peeps, but Coots please tell me!!!
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Re: Why do we call them Coots?
Nov 21, 2013, 9:41 PM
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some coot was calling us taters, thinking it would offend us...but Clemson is proud of its agriculture background. I can not remember who it was, but a TigerNet member said they were like coots...a duck-like bird that eats its own dung off the bottom of the pond.
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you joined in 2008. "coot" was around a lot longer than that***
Nov 21, 2013, 9:47 PM
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this is not my original screen name...been here since 1998***
Nov 21, 2013, 9:49 PM
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lol***
Nov 21, 2013, 9:50 PM
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this is an insult to Coots
Nov 21, 2013, 9:56 PM
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how can anybody say this about a Coot. It is a duck like bird but it eats insects and plants - not dung! also they are quite tasty.
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Re: this is an insult to Coots
Nov 21, 2013, 10:03 PM
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Absolutely true. The cajuns esp. love their gizzards. They should be considered a noble waterfowl compared to dirtpeckers.....
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I thought it was more to do with
Nov 22, 2013, 7:05 AM
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the crazy old man definition of coot. The spelling of coot is very close to the shortened nickname of c**** and "crazy old man" seemed more derisive than just referring to another bird.
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Coot
Nov 22, 2013, 8:29 AM
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#21
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Because if we called them ######### it would show up as ####
Nov 22, 2013, 7:26 AM
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#####.
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Looking at that picture makes me more confused.
Nov 22, 2013, 8:14 AM
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Their mascot is as much like a "coot" as it is an ostrich. No resemblance. Essentially we could call them the name of any bird out there. We could start calling them geese? Anyone on board with that?
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Let's settle this...
Nov 22, 2013, 8:32 AM
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CRUMP! Can you search the archives of TNet to find the very first occurrence of the term "Coot"?
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We called them Coots because
Nov 22, 2013, 8:35 AM
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They are useless little ducks
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