Wisdom of the Day

[thedarksiren2]

A man is what he is, not what he used to be.

- Yiddish proverb



all about the butterflies, transformation, transcendence...

who wants a light to tickle their belly?
No worries...not reaching for the sun.
Not yet, anyway.
~8)

Comments

I always thought...

[taewakan.livejournal.com]

That SOMEone screwed-up. I mean shouldn't they be called Flutterbyes?

Re: I always thought...

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

Ask, and ye shall receive!~;D

one source (http://www.zoomstore.com/subjects/butterfly/glossary/indexb.shtml) I found about the word and its origin said the following:

" BUTTERFLY

Butterflies are flying insects with two pairs of wings, a proboscis, and clubbed antennae. They belong to the Order Lepidoptera and the Family Rhopalocera. The word butterfly can be traced back over 1000 years; it derives from the Middle English word boterflya and the Old English word buttorfleoge. No one knows the origin of the word butterfly or what it originally meant.

Also, and more interesting really, was this study (http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/issues/11/11-1765.html).

Re: I always thought...

[taewakan.livejournal.com]

I figured it was a misprint - like the cinderella story. The original slipper was made of fur - rabbit fur. Apparently the french word for rabbit and the english one for glass sound similar - or something. Hence, glass slipper rather than fur slipper (possibly more expensive, if not as rare lol)