Conch...I knew it meant something special!

[Shouden]

I kept wondering what a conch was...ended up looking it up on wikipedia. lol Funny how I've lived here my whole life and I did not know that the seashell you put up to your ear and listen to is called a conch.


:beer:*cheers*:beer: to the cool new things I'll learn as a diver.

 

[reeldreams]

aso very good in chowder

 

[Don Wray]

and fritters

 

[frogman_5]

The term was originally applied to the early settlers in the Keys back before the bridges were built. To deal with the isolation, insects, disease, heat and storms you had to have a tough shell!

(I can't believe no one has created a "conch smiley" yet!)

 

[Missdirected]

The term was originally applied to the early settlers in the Keys back before the bridges were built. To deal with the isolation, insects, disease, heat and storms you had to have a tough shell!

(I can't believe no one has created a "conch smiley" yet!)

Learn something new everyday, thanks Frog!

 

[Shouden]

very interesting and cool. I had to pass that around to some fellow divers who also found that interesting. Thanks for sharing

The term was originally applied to the early settlers in the Keys back before the bridges were built. To deal with the isolation, insects, disease, heat and storms you had to have a tough shell!

(I can't believe no one has created a "conch smiley" yet!)

 

[DebbyDiver]

Do you also know that the "ch" is pronounced as a "K"...that you call it a "conk"?

 

[frogman_5]

There's also a Conch dialect, although it's quickly dieing out. It's a mixture of English, Cockney slang, Caribean idioms and some other influences from the original settlers and passersby. You can still hear it ocasionally in Key West if you run into a old time native, say above the age of sixty or so.

 

[Bob]

Ever seen a conch "walk" ?almtree: Bob