Why is a fly called a fly?
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So......
Why is a bird called a bird........0 -
Rather boringly, they're called flies because they fly.fly (n.)
O.E. fleoge, from P.Gmc. *fleugjon (cf. O.S. fleiga, O.N. fluga, M.Du. vlieghe, Ger. Fliege "fly); lit. "the flying (insect)" (cf. O.E. fleogende "flying"), from same source as fly (v.1). Originally "any winged insect" (hence butterfly, etc.); long used by farmers and gardeners for any insect parasite.
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Because it walks????
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Because a "buzz in the ointment" doesn't have the same ring to it.0
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Why is a boxing ring called that when it is patently rectangular?
Answer me that one then..0 -
Curiously, the usual OE word for bird is fugol which is clearly derived from the same source as 'fly'. Our word 'bird' derives from OE bridd meaning young bird or chick - the source of bridd is, apparently, not known.0
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Ring?Why is a boxing ring called that when it is patently rectangular?
Answer me that one then..
The name ring is an atavism from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground. The name ring continued with the Jack Broughton rules in 1743, which specifed a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The first square ring was introduced by the Pugilistic Society in 1838. That ring was specified as 24 feet (7.3 m) square and bound by two ropes. For these and other reasons, the boxing ring is commonly referred to as the "square circle."
Boy...am I good or what LOL0 -
Curiously, the usual OE word for bird is fugol which is clearly derived from the same source as 'fly'. Our word 'bird' derives from OE bridd meaning young bird or chick - the source of bridd is, apparently, not known.
Yes CJ you called.....sorry !!heard the word chick...thought you where talking to me.....
Do you think that is where the saying "ruffle my feathers" comes from 0 -
So they dont run rings round each other lol0
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so what do you call a greenfly with no wings ???0
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I think Mark has posted one of his famous philosophical and rhetorical conundrums.
You are just too good for the like of us, Marky Boy!!
(Is the answer "existentialist"??)0 -
mark130273 wrote: »so what do you call a greenfly with no wings ???
a BOGEY !!!:tongue_smilie:0 -
mark130273 wrote: »a BOGEY !!!:tongue_smilie:
Trust you...but I bet you get quite a few of those with small children around the house.........but now it's lunchtime I think we will change the subject 0 -
hey that was robbed from basil brush at the floral !!!0
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mark130273 wrote: »hey that was robbed from basil brush at the floral !!!
Well maybe you should return it:001_tt2:0 -
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mark130273 wrote: »never........keeping it with my other classic jokes...like
a man with 2 left feet walks into a shoe shop and asks if they have any "flip-flips!!!!!"
I know the one where the same man walks into a shoe shop but ask's for flop flops....................mine is much better:001_tt2:0 -
no way !0
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