Ming the Clam, a Contemporary of Shakespeare. - Neatorama

The BBC reports:

A clam dredged up off the coast of Iceland is thought to have been the longest-lived animal discovered.
Scientists said the mollusc, an ocean quahog clam, was aged between 405 and 410 years and could offer insights into the secrets of longevity.
Researchers from Bangor University in north Wales said they calculated its age by counting rings on its shell.

The clam has been named Ming. Twenty extra points to anyone who knows how to pronounce quahog.

ko-hawg! But since the advent of Family Guy, I would think it might be more commonly known.

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quahog...isn't that the home town of the Family Guy characters?

Quahog (pronounced "koh-hawg", IPA /koh??/, "kwag", or "kwa-HOG", IPA /kw?h??/)

Wiki ftw!!

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quahog...isn't that the home town of the Family Guy characters?

Quahog pronounced "koh-hawg", IPA /koh??/, "kwag", or "kwa-HOG", IPA /kw?h??/

Wiki ftw!!

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quahog...isn't that the home town of the Family Guy characters?

Quahog pronounced "koh-hawg", IPA koh??, "kwag", or "kwa-HOG", IPA kw?h??

Wiki ftw!!

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Yes, it's the Family Guy town. Named after some relative of Ming the Clam, no doubt.

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Quahog? Isn't that Scully's dog (from the X-Files)?

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does no one else find it sort of sad that a 407 year old animal was dredged up? i mean....407 years old....damn!

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That clam must be well tasty!

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Quahog! dur haha tv showz heha!

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"coe" - "hog"

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Scully's dog was Queequeg, named after the harpooner in Moby Dick. Intersting though, Queequeg and Quohog, both odd sea-going names beginning with Q! (And on a pathetic note, that I remember the name of Scully's dog.)

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OK, one more comment. Mulder's mom lived in Quonochauntog, RI. (KWAN-a-ka-taug to locals, or just plain kwanny) Another factoid that sticks with me because I'm almost a local!

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Ming was the name of Oprah's Vagina in a south park episode. I find that strangely ironic.

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Waaaiiiit a minute here, something deeper than family guy is going on here. Ever notice how everything in the town of quahog on the tv show everything is clam based?

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Is the clam merciless?

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That's what I thought, Mr Pudifoot. Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon.

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As to pronunciation, people on my blog have suggested "gooey duck" and "Bob."

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The Family Guy is based on Rhode Island which has the mighty Quahog as it's unofficial "State Bird" (local joke).

actually there is a local cartoonist who has been making fun of the local "Culcha" surrounding the Quahog for 25 years now. Meet Don Bousquet.

http://www.donbousquet.com/yankeedec2001.html

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Yeah, it's koh-hawg. Ming makes me wonder how old the ones off Point Judith could get if Vo Diluners didn't have a taste for stuffies.

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Yeah.. I'm from Rhode Island.. Land of the quahogs.. It's pronounced qwah hog.

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Clams are the official mollusk of Scientology. In fact, Ming the Merciless could be seen as a variant of Xenu, the mysterious evil overlord of Scientology secret lore.

I sense a conspiracy here.

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Hail Xenu! Hail Ming!

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No Sam Minge was the name of Oprah's minge.

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and anyway, that wouldn't be ironic.

literally.

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Why did they name a dead clam?

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Just ran across this post, and I know its real old, but i am reading moby dick right now, and the owner of the Peaquod keeps calling Queequeg the wrong name, and the last time he calls him "Quohog" wonder if that is the answer?

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