[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: A regional term for the crane fly (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

A daddy-longlegs, obviously.

JL

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

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> Okay, if you call a crane fly a daddy longlegs (and you should be calling
> it a mosquito hawk, as every Right Thinking American does), what do you
> call this:
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> http://healthyhomegardening.com/images/Blossom/daddylongleg3.jpg
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> > > Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> > > Subject:      A regional term for the crane fly
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> > > "The crane fly, a winged insect which looks like a large [gigantic,
> > > IMO - W] mosquito, is called a daddy longlegs in some parts of the
> > > world (such as
> > > England) ..."
> > >
> > > http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp for
> > > the crane fly
> > >
> > > It's also called a "daddy long-legs" in East Texas.
> > >
> > > Well, by the colored, anyway.
> > > --
> > > -Wilson
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