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JoyNChrist
06-26-2007, 05:20 PM
What do you call them?
JoyNChrist
06-26-2007, 05:20 PM
What do you call them?
JoyNChrist
06-26-2007, 05:21 PM
Around here, it's lightnin' bugs. I actually didn't even know anyone called them fireflies until I went to college.
JoyNChrist
06-26-2007, 05:21 PM
Around here, it's lightnin' bugs. I actually didn't even know anyone called them fireflies until I went to college.
tylersmama
06-26-2007, 05:54 PM
In Ohio, where I grew up, they're lightning bugs. We don't have them in Colorado, so I don't know what they're called here. :)

I'm always excited to go home in the summer and see them flying around!
tylersmama
06-26-2007, 05:54 PM
In Ohio, where I grew up, they're lightning bugs. We don't have them in Colorado, so I don't know what they're called here. :)

I'm always excited to go home in the summer and see them flying around!
Mommy Of A Little Angel
06-26-2007, 06:57 PM
Lightening bugs! I hadn't heard fireflies until I was older too.
Mommy Of A Little Angel
06-26-2007, 06:57 PM
Lightening bugs! I hadn't heard fireflies until I was older too.
LarsMal
06-26-2007, 07:07 PM
We called them lightning bugs, too, but I had heard them called fireflies. Actually, I thought fireflies were a different bug growing up. I didn't realize they were the same thing until I got older!
LarsMal
06-26-2007, 07:07 PM
We called them lightning bugs, too, but I had heard them called fireflies. Actually, I thought fireflies were a different bug growing up. I didn't realize they were the same thing until I got older!
fortato
06-26-2007, 07:10 PM
I live in NH...

"Fiaah Flies"... no "R"'s needed.

As in

"Look at those Fiah Flies, theah ah a wicked lot of them out tonight- too bad the mosquitos ahh bitin' the hell outta my legs"
fortato
06-26-2007, 07:10 PM
I live in NH...

"Fiaah Flies"... no "R"'s needed.

As in

"Look at those Fiah Flies, theah ah a wicked lot of them out tonight- too bad the mosquitos ahh bitin' the hell outta my legs"
buddyleebaby
06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
I alternate between the two, always have.

I like fireflies better.
buddyleebaby
06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
I alternate between the two, always have.

I like fireflies better.
mudder17
06-26-2007, 07:24 PM
Yep, I didn't vote because I've always alternated between the two. I like Fireflies better too.


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mudder17
06-26-2007, 07:24 PM
Yep, I didn't vote because I've always alternated between the two. I like Fireflies better too.


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elliput
06-26-2007, 08:06 PM
We didn't have them where I grew up, but would say firefly more often than lightening bug.
elliput
06-26-2007, 08:06 PM
We didn't have them where I grew up, but would say firefly more often than lightening bug.
Lovingliv
06-26-2007, 08:31 PM
Another fiah fly here!!!!
MamaMolly
06-26-2007, 09:03 PM
I say 'lat'nin" bugs and DH says "lightnin" bugs. Obviously he is the yankee ;-)
denna
06-27-2007, 01:19 AM
Same here. I like fireflies better, too.

I lived in Oklahoma when I was young (for 4 years) and they were called lightning bugs there. I think thats where I picked it up.
ellies mom
06-27-2007, 01:26 AM
My family is all from NH. I can just hear them saying that now.

I call them both also by the way.
Melanie
06-27-2007, 02:29 AM
>"Look at those Fiah Flies, theah ah a wicked lot of them out
>tonight- too bad the mosquitos ahh bitin' the hell outta my
>legs"
>
>


OMG, that is too freakin' funny!

I say Fireflies, but unless the ones at Disneyland count, I've never seen any.
bunnisa
06-27-2007, 03:23 PM
Both, actually!


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cindylouhoo
06-27-2007, 05:33 PM
So funny to see this. We've been reading The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle to DS. He picked up on the word "fireflies" and began saying it about a month ago. DH and I have always called them lightening bugs. In the south, we rarely hear the name fireflies. So it's always funny to hear DS say it.