Anonymous  +  308163 Thu, 28 Dec 06 04:29 PM Hi, I would like to know if DEGREE here refers to BREED: 'What degree of a dog is that?' Thanks, Jo. Anonymous

	MrPedantic  +  308245 Thu, 28 Dec 06 10:36 PM Hello Jo I would take it to mean "what kind of dog is that?" MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Grammar Geek  +  308258 Thu, 28 Dec 06 11:41 PM Is that British? What degree of dog is that? would be very odd in the U.S. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	MrPedantic  +  308266 Fri, 29 Dec 06 12:49 AM I've never heard it over here, GG! Sounds strange to me too. The only reference I can find is to Steinbeck's Travels With Charley: "A dog, particularly an exotic like Charley, is a bond between strangers. Many conversations en route began with 'What degree of a dog is that?'" I'd vaguely assumed it was dustbowlspeak... MrP MrPedantic Conversations

	Grammar Geek  +  308469 Fri, 29 Dec 06 02:38 PM Good thought MH. Could very well be. But I've never heard it outside this forum, so it's either highly regionalized or simply no longer spoken. Grammar Geek