The PNW doesn't get any cool accents, but when I left my hometown I learned that most of the country is unfamiliar with what a muckymuck is, and that potlatches are more commonly called potlucks. We just stole a bunch of Chinook Jargon words and nobody told me growing up.
Also nobody can agree on what to call those little segmented bugs that roll up into a ball when you poke them. They're potato bugs.
I don't know why they are called potato bugs, but that's their name. I have also heard pillbug, roly-poly, and woodlouse, but they'll always be potato bugs to me.
The PNW doesn't get any cool accents, but when I left my hometown I learned that most of the country is unfamiliar with what a muckymuck is, and that potlatches are more commonly called potlucks. We just stole a bunch of Chinook Jargon words and nobody told me growing up.
Also nobody can agree on what to call those little segmented bugs that roll up into a ball when you poke them. They're potato bugs.
The normal name is pill bug. The second most common name from what I can tell is roly poly. I don't really see how they look like potatoes.
I don't know why they are called potato bugs, but that's their name. I have also heard pillbug, roly-poly, and woodlouse, but they'll always be potato bugs to me.