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minus-squarehotdogcharmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoI always thought they were called ladybirds
minus-squareLarsIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days ago They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; Depends where you are from I guess
minus-squarehotdogcharmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoAhhh it’s a location thing! I thought I’d just like, Mandela effected myself my whole life 😅
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoGenuinely. They’ve got some mad names lol
minus-squarehotdogcharmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThat’s amazing 😅 where’s that name from?
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoNorfolk in the UK. Supposedly after a particularly flamboyant bishop
minus-squareroscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoAre you fucking with us? I am eating the onion? When I read that I thought you were doing a bit like that greentext with all the goofy fake British names for things.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI am absolutely not doing a bit: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/133526/what-is-the-origin-of-bishy-barney-bee although that’s not how I woulda spelled it Edit: spectator has a more plausible spelling in its article: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-is-a-ladybird-called-a-bishy-barnabee/
minus-squarehotdogcharmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThat’s fuckin awesome. Thank you! 🥳
I always thought they were called ladybirds
Depends where you are from I guess
Ahhh it’s a location thing! I thought I’d just like, Mandela effected myself my whole life 😅
Bishy Barnabees
Excuse me? 😂
Genuinely. They’ve got some mad names lol
That’s amazing 😅 where’s that name from?
Norfolk in the UK. Supposedly after a particularly flamboyant bishop
Are you fucking with us? I am eating the onion? When I read that I thought you were doing a bit like that greentext with all the goofy fake British names for things.
I am absolutely not doing a bit: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/133526/what-is-the-origin-of-bishy-barney-bee although that’s not how I woulda spelled it
Edit: spectator has a more plausible spelling in its article: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-is-a-ladybird-called-a-bishy-barnabee/
That’s fuckin awesome. Thank you! 🥳