Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Straight cut is to do with the actual gears, dog leg is the position of the gears. Or do you mean dogs, dog gears?

Dog-box=straight cut I thought?

Dog-leg is the shifter gate pattern.

Yes. That's what I was referring to.

I've never heard a straight cut box referred to as a dog box. Only time I've heard dog used in conjunction with box is when referring to the shifting pattern, ie dog leg.

Muchas confused.