[thechat] dosh?
Judah McAuley
judah at wiredotter.com
Thu Jan 31 13:49:00 CST 2002
At 07:46 PM 1/31/2002 +0000, Martin expounded...
>On Thursday, January 31, 2002, at 07:34 pm, Andrew Forsberg wrote:
>
>>>It's a standard UK term
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Martin
>>
>>Most of the NZ vocabulary originates from the UK, but this morning my
>>partner and I settled a long running debate re: daddy-long-legs --
>>are they spiders or insects? (insects have to have six legs?... lol)
>>:)
>
>Yeah, the UK one is a Crane Fly - 6 legs & wings.
In the US we usually call that a Crane Fly or Mosquito Eater. I call it a
Tipulidae, but that's because I'm weird and I think it's a neat genus name.
Judah
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