[Ads-l] A regional term for the crane fly

[paul johnson]

Only daddy long legs I ever heard of was the spider, what foes a city 
boy from Chicago and Miami Beach know?

On 4/14/2016 11:17 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> I thought a "mosquito hawk" was a dragonfly.
>
> Or "darning needle," as I like to call 'em.
>
> JL
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Paul A Johnston, Jr <
> paul.johnston at wmich.edu> wrote:
>
>> And in Scotland, too, Wilson
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 12:54:12 AM
>>> Subject: A regional term for the crane fly
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>>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>> 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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