Re: USAGE: names for pillbug/wood louse/woodbug

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:09:03PM +0000, Joe wrote:
> That's why I said 'looks like an insect'.
I know, but I thought you were *contrasting* it with the usage in which
"bug" and "insect" are exact synonyms (used in different contexts),
which I find odd.  If you were in fact contrasting it with the use of
"bug" for one particular critter, then never mind. :)

Also, I don't know how typical my all-encompassing definition of bughood
is of American usage.  I suspect most of my fellow Americans (pause for
a moment to enjoy that phrase . . . nah, don't want the job even if I
had a prayer of getting it) would not include lobster (a.k.a. the
cockroach of the sea), for instance.

Oh, I have verified with a native that "roly-poly" extends at least as
far north as north metro Atlanta (yes, there are natives in Atlanta;
they're just a minority group. :)

-Mark

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