Fire Flys or Lightning Bugs?

[broley]

With all this talk about Cicadas, got me thinking about the little flashin' buggers.

What do you call them? I live in Washington State and not many people around here have seen them. I have family in Tennessee and Alabama that calls them Lightnin' Bugs. Buddy Jewell's song, "Sweet Southern Comfort" refers to them as Fire Flys.

Just curious.

I always heard, "Only a Yankee calls 'em Fire Flys". Or that's what my family keeps calling me

 

[BrandonXJ]

I call them Lightning Bugs.

 

[coldblue1955]

With all this talk about Cicadas, got me thinking about the little flashin' buggers.

What do you call them? I live in Washington State and not many people around here have seen them. I have family in Tennessee and Alabama that calls them Lightnin' Bugs. Buddy Jewell's song, "Sweet Southern Comfort" refers to them as Fire Flys.

Just curious.

I always heard, "Only a Yankee calls 'em Fire Flys". Or that's what my family keeps calling me

i call them lightning bugs.

 

[Delinquent]

Lightning bugs

 

[broley]

Interesting. Thanks Ya'll!

I work at a country radio station and hear that song go by and think, "It's f'n Lightning Bugs you dern fool"!

I think I'll say that tomorrow, "It's f'n Lightning Bugs you dern fool! My bors at Elite told me so!"

I'll be fired by Saturday. Right on!

 

[powerslave]

Lightning bugs

 

[Scotsman]

Fire flies when I am talking to people here.

Lightning bugs when I am down south visiting my family. They also refer to pop (soda) as coke. As in what kind of coke would you like: pepsi, dr. pepper, etc.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[broley]

The first time I went to Tennesee I was at a baseball game. My cousin told me if we picked up trash around the park we could get a free coke for the work. So, picked up some trash and went up to the concession stand to get our pop. The lady asked me, "What kind of coke you want(or yawnt)? Well at that time there was only regular coke and diet coke. I hesitated to say what I wanted and my cousin said, "I want an orange".
I said, "Orange? You have orange coke here? That's great"!
After the weird looks stopped, I orderd a coke. A regular coke.

 

[nvrbuffenuff_girl]

Lightning bugs

 

[flex123]

lightning bugs here.

I remember when I was a kid I was visit my aunt in new Hampshire and my cousins took me out for ice cream. I ordered a cone and the lady asked me if I would like Jimmies. I had no clue what the hell she was asking so I said "what the hell are jimmies" my cousin just laughed and smacked me in the back of the head and said "sprinkles you jackass"