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Julian Macassey <julian@tele.com> writes:

>On 5 Apr 2006 15:43:49 -0700, Karen <ksoa650@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Joseph Michael Bay wrote:

>>> Also *technically* the proper use of "trolling" is that you
>>> troll a bait, and troll *for* fish.  So properly you would
>>> say "I'm trolling for n00bs" or "I'm trolling this obvious
>>> mispeling to get pedants" but not "you have been trolled",
>>> which is a good case for not insisting on proper usage.

>> How did trawling turn into trolling and how was the troll (as in gnome)
>> named after trolling?

>	Trolling is seperate from trawling. One uses a net and
>one a line.

Also, the troll of folklore is from Old Norse, while trolling
is of uncertain origin, but probably related to Old French
troller (to wander in search of game).


(Hey, I just read a usage article that contained this 
sentence: "The positive sense of this word had all but 
disappeared until it's recent revival."  Yikes)
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