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

Mark J. Reed wrote:

>On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:09:50AM +0000, Joe wrote:
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>>You americans insist on calling everything that looks like an insect a
>>bug.  It's very silly ;-)
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>In my usage, "bug" has never been limited to "insect".  Spiders, for
>instance, are not insects, but they are definitely bugs.  For my money,
>anything in phylum Arthropoda qualifies for bughood, including shrimp
>and lobster (sure, they're yummy, but they're still basically aquatic
>bugs).
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That's why I said 'looks like an insect'.

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