http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/gander_head Comments for "gander head" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/kicked_out#comment-400 <p>Thanks for that information. I had wondered about both the background and procedures for expelling a member who doesn't resign under such circumstances. Please continue to keep us abreast.</p> Sat, 19 May 2007 16:39:10 -0400 bellaparola comment 400 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/kicked_out#comment-394 <p>Google books turns up<br /> A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect - Google Books Resultby John Howard Nodal, George Milner - 1875 - 290 pages<br /> which says that in Lancashire dialect a "Gonner head" or "gander head" is a stupid person. This 1875 book is a contemporary usage to the 1880 expulsion</p> <p>gander has three meanings according to dictionary.com:</p> <p>1) male goose (noun)<br /> 2) to look at (verb)<br /> 3) simpleton or ninny (slang) (noun)</p> Fri, 18 May 2007 09:55:28 -0400 gercohen comment 394 at http://projects.newsobserver.com