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Or maybe they've just never tried anything better, haha.

Sometime later: "Apparently Chameleons really love Bear Claws."

I do like Bear Claws, but not the kind on bear paws.

I think bear claws should be firmly attached to bear paws. As long as they are nowhere near me. I have no idea of any other kind of Bear Claw.

Don't worry Murikihu, the only kind of rusk I know of is baby rusks. Apparently I was very fond of them as a baby and they had a hard time taking them away from me, so I was on them a long time after teething. I could have some serious meltdowns when I was a child.

And, in response to your other thread Theta, we called them 'chucky pigs' where I grew up, even though it wasn't in Devon.

Bear Claws are a lovely pastry in America, especially good at breakfast.

They have filling, with lots of walnuts, and icing, and now I want one!

*sends Sylkat a Bear Claw and a cup of tea*

Ooooooh, THANK you!

Oh well. Laundry day.

[img][303:303]http://www.wvlaundry.com/portals/4/Graphics/laundry.jpg[/img]

Did not get mine done today, have to do it tomorrow.

Shall try to get there at seven, when the laundromat opens, so as to avoid screaming, running kids, and noisy people.

That is so funny, and to think that 2 days ago I didn't even know that England had Roly Polies.

You answered my question before I even asked it! Do they have any word, or a different word for them, in NZ>

As you saw, I know them by a few different names, but I think some of them did not come from my region either. It was my Grandmother who calls them Potato Bugs, and she's from Wisconsin, quite a ways east.

I think most people who know them here call them slaters or slater bugs; I've also heard roly-polys, pill bugs and butchy boys. I only found out about "woodlice" through the Accent Tag videos on YouTube (and then looking it up on Wikipedia). I wonder why this particular animal has so many different names.

@theta, as murihiku says, they are called 'slaters' in NZ. We did call them 'woodlice' more formally in England. I remember a conversation when I first moved over here.

"We've got slaters in the bathroom".

Me: "What on earth are slaters".

"Go and look"

Me: "Oh, you mean chucky pigs"

I didn't expect there to be a language or cultural barrier when I moved here, but there were certainly some confused moments.

Keeps things interesting; I really enjoy the fact that English has so many regionalisms, accents and dialects.

I noticed Slater was the Scottish term, wonder why that one became dominant in NZ?

I feel really stupid for not knowing that the technical term was "Woodlice" all this time. I thought it was one of the other ones, like Pillbug or Sowbug.

^maybe we had a lot of Scottish immigrants in the areas where woodlice are prevalent?

And to change the subject slightly - how adorable is this?

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/lioness-le ... eo-6067115

Muy, muy adorable. Amazing he's able to hold a cat that size just like that.

So the question I haven't asked yet is why. Why are they called Chucky Pigs and Slaters?

Not that any of our names make any more sense, except for Roly Poly, since we do have the species that curls up into a ball. I think we have several here actually, because I see the big flat ones, too.

If you listen carefully, he does say "sit down, you're getting too big".

And I have no idea where those names came from.

In that spirit, here are some puppies who don't know they're too big either.

Some Really Big Dogs