Ming the Clam, a Contemporary of Shakespeare.

• Keri
  October 29th, 2007 at 5:47 pm

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

• DrJones
  October 29th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

  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!!

• DrJones
  October 29th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

  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!!

• DrJones
  October 29th, 2007 at 5:49 pm

  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!!

• gail
  October 29th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

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

• Alex
  October 29th, 2007 at 6:08 pm

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

• kid icarus
  October 29th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

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

• D
  October 29th, 2007 at 6:19 pm

  That clam must be well tasty!

• Trevorb
  October 29th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

  Quahog! dur haha tv showz heha!

• Brandon
  October 29th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

  “coe” - “hog”

• sandra
  October 29th, 2007 at 7:04 pm

  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.)

• sandra
  October 29th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

  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!

• sam
  October 29th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

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

• PJ
  October 29th, 2007 at 8:26 pm

  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?

• Mr Pudifoot
  October 29th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

  Is the clam merciless?

• gail
  October 29th, 2007 at 9:19 pm

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

• gail
  October 29th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

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

• lDAVE
  October 29th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

  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

• Iris
  October 29th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

  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.

• Danielle
  October 30th, 2007 at 2:30 am

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

• ted
  October 30th, 2007 at 7:24 am

  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.

• Sid Morrison
  October 30th, 2007 at 7:55 am

  Hail Xenu! Hail Ming!

• Ryan
  October 30th, 2007 at 8:28 am

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

• brayden
  October 30th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

  and anyway, that wouldn’t be ironic.

  literally.

• Q
  November 3rd, 2007 at 7:27 am

  Why did they name a dead clam?

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