What do you call the bug

[Jalapeñomel]

that is gray and can roll up into a ball? And what part of the country are you from (or if you are from Canada, which part)?

[TrickyBob]

Rolly polly and PA

Or however you spell it but I am giggling at myself about a bug named Polly who rolls around

[nsl]

Potato Bug. I'm originally from the Mountain West.

[alicenelson]

I use potato bug and roly-poly bug interchangeably. I'm originally from the southwest, but now live in KY.

[cinderbella]

Roly Poly - MN

[littlepeanut]

Rolly Polly PA

[mcmel]

Roly Poly Ollie

Arkansas

[meggers5]

Every time this comes up I have no idea what this bug is, and so I call it nothing.

From Ontario.

[prettyinpink]

Rollie Pollie. West Coast.

[hisno1girl]

Roly Poly

Michigan

The different spellings here are funny!
Roly Poly
Rollie Pollie
Rolly Polly

The bottom two make me think it rhymes with Ollie.

[wannabe]

Roly-poly = potato bug?

Yay, I learned something today!

[emsumm]

Roly poly. California.

[panbitch]

rolly Polly or pill bug from S. Fla

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 13, 2014 22:06:31 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Every time this comes up I have no idea what this bug is, and so I call it nothing.

From Ontario.

I don't want to pic a pic of the bug here, but google it and report back.

[TrickyBob]

I have heard pill bug for them as well.

[speckledfrog]

Roly poly - midwest

[MixedBerryJam]

Pill bug. Boston.

[Deleted]

Pill bug. Missouri

[meggers5]

Sept 13, 2014 22:09:01 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Sept 13, 2014 22:06:31 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Every time this comes up I have no idea what this bug is, and so I call it nothing.

From Ontario.

I don't want to pic a pic of the bug here, but google it and report back.

I don't think I've ever seen one. If I did I would likely call it 'that armadillo bug dealy'.

[sequins]

The voice thread has taught me the answer to this one. Roly Poly. I'm yet to see one in real life.

[Deleted]

Potato bug. Ontario canada

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 13, 2014 22:11:58 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Sept 13, 2014 22:09:01 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I don't want to pic a pic of the bug here, but google it and report back.

I don't think I've ever seen one. If I did I would likely call it 'that armadillo bug dealy'.

Interesting...they are all over here.

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 13, 2014 22:12:33 GMT -5 sequins said:

The voice thread has taught me the answer to this one. Roly Poly. I'm yet to see one in real life.

I never went into that thread. What other words did people say that we're regional?

[mrsrumfkin]

Roly Poly - FL

[usuallylurking]

Roly poly - west coast.

[beachwinescrewsandy]

Either roly poly or chinch bug. NJ.

I just google chinch bugs thanks to this & I have been calling the roly poly the wrong name for 30 years.

[Muddled]

Roly poly. Southeast.

I wouldn't know what someone was talking about if they said "potato bug." I am familiar with "pill bug," but it's never my first thought.

[sequins]

Sept 13, 2014 22:14:40 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Sept 13, 2014 22:12:33 GMT -5 sequins said:

The voice thread has taught me the answer to this one. Roly Poly. I'm yet to see one in real life.

I never went into that thread. What other words did people say that we're regional?

Oh tons of words. pandce.proboards.com/thread/348371/time-voice-thread


Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught, Pillow, Milk, Vague, Bag, Feel, House, Peony, Cloud, Bagel, Sorry, Room, Roof, Grow, Bead, Zoo, Pull, Cup, Realtor, Towel, Boat, Lure

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

[CurlyQ284]

Role poly. Raised in the DC area. DH has a weird name for them but he's asleep so I can't ask him. He was raised in the Chicago and Detroit metro areas

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 13, 2014 22:17:15 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 13, 2014 22:14:40 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I never went into that thread. What other words did people say that we're regional?

Oh tons of words. pandce.proboards.com/thread/348371/time-voice-thread


Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught, Pillow, Milk, Vague, Bag, Feel, House, Peony, Cloud, Bagel, Sorry, Room, Roof, Grow, Bead, Zoo, Pull, Cup, Realtor, Towel, Boat, Lure

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

Well now I must go read these answers! Thanks for the link!