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Cassida...

Are you Jerry Gamble? Charming, very harmonious, good work! Anything dedicated to Peace is a real winner.

PS--a pretty word, but why was it named for a (shudder) bug?

AnneBoleyn;1465242 wrote: PS--a pretty word, but why was it named for a (shudder) bug?
I wasn't aware it was a bug. I thought it was a girl's name.

Loved it!:o

FourPart;1465250 wrote: I wasn't aware it was a bug. I thought it was a girl's name.


Thinking of Cressida?

Are you sure you're not thinking of cicadas? Those are bugs.

I did Google it & found that a Cassida is, indeed, a species of beetle, but it is also an old English Girl's name, meaning "Curly Haired", meaning that the name probably preceded the name given to the beetle. Perhaps the beetle was named after the person who discovered it (or named for someone).

FourPart;1465385 wrote: I did Google it & found that a Cassida is, indeed, a species of beetle, but it is also an old English Girl's name, meaning "Curly Haired", meaning that the name probably preceded the name given to the beetle. Perhaps the beetle was named after the person who discovered it (or named for someone).


Are you saying you wrote a Beatles song?

Saint_;1465392 wrote: Are you saying you wrote a Beatles song?
I couldn't get to sleep last night & only had a few hours dozing, so it took me a little while to get that.

So awesome

It's Friday Night (or Saturday Morning, as the case may be) and I don't have to get up for work in the morning, so I got down to finishing "Sylvie Flatfoot, which is now pending publication.