Anonymous wrote on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 10:31 AM UTC:
Larry Smith:
| In the South, they refer to a pattern which continued one angle
| past a simple zigzag step as a 'dog leg'. Interesting how they
| also incorporated two three-letter words which ended in 'g'. :-)
Well, so call them 'dog-leg pieces', and you would hear no objection
from me. :-)
Which 'South' are you talking about?
Zigzag is actually a Dutch word. It is related to 'zaag', (Dutch for
'saw'), and describes the saw-tooth shape of its cutting edge. The
English equivalent would be 'jigsaw'.