Daub (Mud dauber)

[Wilson Gray]

Where I'm from in E TX, this insect, for some reason, is called a
"dirt [d^It] dauber," though it clearly daubs mud, as any fool can
plainly see.

-Wilson

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Dave Hause <dwhause at jobe.net> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Dave Hause <dwhause at JOBE.NET>
> Subject:      Re: Daub (Mud dauber)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I'm familiar with a wasp called a mud dauber (and that's the only definition
> in the NOAD by my chair.)  Where does a bird go by that name?  Species?
> Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
> Waynesville, MO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Your Name" <ROSESKES at AOL.COM>
>
> "Daub" includes dealing with liquids that way; but consider the bird called
> a mud-dauber; it daubs a solid (tho somewhat moist) substance.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-----
 -Sam'l Clemens

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org