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i'm a southern gal...
...not only in the UK, but also in the US. I am 61% 'definitely a Dixie'. I did have to approximate a couple of things. In one question I'm sure they're referring to the wood louse, which is of course a 'cheesy bug' or to Mr McMuffin a 'slater beetle'. I've always been fascinated by how people describe this humble creature, and there seem to be a massive range of regional names for it. When I've got more time I'm going to research this more thoroughly and make the huge contribution to humanity I was always destined for. Not for the glory and the prizes, you understand, but because I CARE.
mr mcmuffin on 2 Mar 2004 @ 06:54 PM ✲ Permalink
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I don't get it, Mrs. Mc. Southern gal? And does every one hate the English? The Scots rip 'em, the Welsh rip 'em, the Irish despise them? What's up with that?
Posted by: Machete' of Steel | 2 Mar 2004 19:31:59
I don't get it, Mrs. Mc. Southern gal? And does every one hate the English? The Scots rip 'em, the Welsh rip 'em, the Irish despise them? What's up with that?
Posted by: Machete' of Steel | 2 Mar 2004 19:32:49
Machete, Machete, so good you said it twice.
Where you see a homogenous group of Brits, we see ourelves in terms of our differences. Historically the English have oppresssed the other countries, and we like to remind them of this. Having said that, some of my best friends are English, and we don't hold their ancestry against them. I have an English grandfather, and am a bit of a plastic taffy anyway.
I did the dixie/yankee quiz thing that's going round to discover my antebellum roots.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 2 Mar 2004 20:17:33
Its definitely cheesy bug - what on earth is a slater beetle?? And does cheesy bug refer to the mini armadillo type woodlouse - all curved and shiney, or its duller sibling - all flat and squashable? And why DID you always seem to find dead ones in dusty corners or in the vacuum bag, but don't anymore. And another thing, what happened to white dog poo?? I know this last question has become a bit of a perverse cliche in the style of an urban myth, but does anyone genuinely have an answer to this? It has always been a source of deep puzzlement to me - and occupies far too much space in my limited brain, when I should be being creatively inspired by the world about us. At this rate my next set design will have a texture that is white and crumbly , with a strange nostalgic resemblance to......
well at least I could beat my own critics and agree with them ..." Yes, it IS, in fact, crap."
Posted by: single cookie | 3 Mar 2004 11:29:40
