[thechat] dosh?

isaac isaac at members.evolt.org
Thu Jan 31 16:40:01 CST 2002



> 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)
> :)
>
> We follow the US: and daddy-long-legs are spiders. Apparently in the
> UK it's the name for some sort of flying thing.

dosh = money in AU also.

and a daddy-long-legs is a spider. quite poisonous (have heard most
poisonous in AU?), but unable to penetrate the skin with a bite. puny little
bastards. can be fun to gradually pull their legs off.

i've not yet eaten one of this type.



isaac

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