Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 08:13:24 EST

From: Wayne Glowka wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: word geography



The plot thickens. :-) We called pill bugs roley poleys (spel?). Or sow bugs.

I have a running debate with colleagues over what a June bug is. I say it's

big and green. Others claim it is the small brown bug on your screens at

night in the summer. I call those hardshell bugs. Any ideas folks?

Mark Ingram maingr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ukcc.uky.edu



I know both sow bugs and roley poleys, and I can't say where I learned

either. As a matter of fact, I may be making the kids from Kansas

responsible for more than they actually were responsible for. A June bug

to me is a small brown bug that is fun to throw in someone's hair; to my

in-laws in central Georgia June bugs are indeed big and green and make all

that racket in the summer. I call them locusts. My cats call them good

food.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

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