Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
cheath
on June 29, 2017
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Ca...
for whatever it's worth--we call woodlice "roly-poly's" in the US. which now sounds silly typing out. jiggers are far scarier parasitic creatures.
saghm
on June 29, 2017
|
next
[–]
Ah! I didn't know what either "jigger" or "woodlice" referred to until I read your comment. I actually always used to call them "pill bugs", although I'm not sure if that's something that others call or just a name I learned from my family.
Dylan16807
on June 29, 2017
|
prev
[–]
That's the most common one, yes. Or for more detail:
http://i.imgur.com/8iiuuCd.jpg
https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_74...
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
