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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-53-918557978 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Brian, Good observations! As a coleopterist I'm always amused by the number of times that I see discussions of "beatles" (and not in the context of Apple Records ...). ;-> Cheers, Chris On 5-Sep-06, at 10:42 AM, Brian Bartlett wrote: > The transformation of "prey" into "pray" in a message this message > brings up a switch I've found quite common, but in the opposite > direction -- "Praying Mantis" mistakenly but understandably given > as "Preying Mantis." One way to remember "Praying" is that the > Latin for the species is _Mantis religiosa_, which hints at the > praying. But the Canadian Oxford Dictionary subtly acknowledges a > pray/prey pun when it says "...a mantis...that holds its forelegs > in a position suggestive of the hands folded in prayer, while > waiting to pounce on its prey." > -- yours insectorily (don't look for that word in your dictionary), > Brian > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie" > <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:33 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] pictures >> Hi everyone,> I just photographed a spider wrapping up pray in a >> web....the pray is quite> large and I was wondering if anyone can >> ID it. It seems to have some sort of > spike or stinger on the >> back end.> Thank you,Jeannie _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-53-918557978 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Brian,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Good observations! As a = coleopterist I'm always amused by the number of times that I = see=A0discussions of "beatles" (and not in the context of Apple Records = ...). ;-></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 5-Sep-06, at 10:42 AM, Brian Bartlett wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">The transformation of "prey" into "pray" in a = message this<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>message = brings up a switch I've found quite common, but in the opposite = direction --<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>"Praying = Mantis" mistakenly but understandably given as "Preying Mantis." One way = to remember "Praying" is that the Latin for the species is _Mantis = religiosa_, which hints at the praying. But the Canadian Oxford = Dictionary subtly acknowledges a pray/prey pun when it says "...a = mantis...that holds its forelegs in a position suggestive of the hands = folded in prayer, while waiting to pounce on its prey."</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">-- yours insectorily (don't look for that word in = your dictionary), Brian</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- = Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie" <<A = href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</A>><= /DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: <<A = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>></D= IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:33 AM</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] pictures</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi everyone,> I just = photographed a spider wrapping up pray in a web....the pray is quite> = large and I was wondering if anyone can ID it. It seems to have some = sort of > spike or stinger on the back end.> Thank = you,Jeannie<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-53-918557978--
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