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    Why do owners or handlers use the word 'Sic!' to instruct a dog to 'Get Him'?

    Question #58300. Asked by barker111. (Jul 13 05 4:43 AM)


    TabbyTom

    		According to Chambers and the Oxford English Dictionary, it's a dialectal variant of "seek."

    Jul 13 05, 5:24 AM
    barker111

    		The command 'sic' comes from the corruption of the German word such, which mean seek or search. In German, sic is pronounced 'sook' or 'suk', but like many foreign words, the pronunciation has been altered over time by those not familiar with the language.

    Jul 13 05, 10:46 AM

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