Re: USAGE: names for pillbug/wood louse/woodbug
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 14, 2004, 15:54 |
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 05:29:15PM +0200, Dan Sulani wrote:
> I just got out my Webster's Third New International Dictionary
I linked to the online Mirriam-Websters entry earlier in this thread;
glad the bound volume from the same company doesn't disagree. :)
> Personally, (speaking as an American English L1 speaker)
> I think I _would_ include spiders as bugs.
> I draw the line at scorpions though --- to me they're not "bugs".
> I'm not sure as to flies and mosquitoes.
Spiders are definitely bugs IMU, although I can somewhat understand the
hesitation on the part of some to include them. I am, however,
flabbergasted that anyone who uses "bug" at all in its more general
sense would hesitate to include flies and mosquitos in the category.
Flies are, to me, archetypical bugs. I consider them more buglike even
than ants, beetles, and roaches.
-Mark