In a flying visit to another web forum today, I noticed this comment:
Is anyone else infuriated by the American usage of 'bug' for absolutely any insect, beetle or arachnid whether flying or crawling, and of the generic term 'monkey' for all primates including the great apes?
I'm not infuriated by it, partly because I was completely ignorant of it. Are these correct American usages?
Is anyone else infuriated by the American usage of 'bug' for absolutely any insect, beetle or arachnid whether flying or crawling, and of the generic term 'monkey' for all primates including the great apes?
I'm not infuriated by it, partly because I was completely ignorant of it. Are these correct American usages?