flutterby was changed to butterfly. why & when?
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No, it was not. The etymology of butterfly is very straightforward:OE buttor-fleoge, with the first part of the compound meaning exactly what it means today and going back as far as Greek 'boutoron', and the second common Germanic 'fleogan' (to fly), OE 'flyge' or 'fleoge', modern German 'Fliege', all of them meaning 'the fly'. The alleged spoonerism is a myth.
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yahoo widgets has some
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In 3.0 they updated the spelling of "difference".\n\nRawlyn.
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No, you need not switch to the newer layout and much java based or whatever script based page. Its simply in probation. Once in success you may need to get used to the evolution. \n\nAccording to Darwins Theory about Evolution, Man-kind has survived the earlier days in which greater changes took place, solely due to their potential-habit called "adoptability", keeping away, many numbers of species dead in the past era's. So i think you get the point! Get used to it. I too disliked certain changes in life, yet they've turned up to be much greater than expected!\n\nSorry if i've contradicted you in some sort of religious or personal aspect. Good Luck!
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The butterfly effect is an element of chaos theory. It is used as an example of how a small change to the input of a system can lead to a large change in the output. In this case a butterfly flapping its wings in india can change the course of a hurricane in the carribean.
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I would think that things gradually evolved over time.  There must have been enough "almost" butterflies to pro-create with the butterfly to have offspring.  So I feel it would be like being in the current of the stream and the stream would have kept pushing forward maybe a little different but in the same general direction.  Just a guess..  Good question.
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I have not noticed any Widgets that had much overhead. \n\nOther then a second or two delay when first loading on boot up you won't have any slow down.
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>>>>>Is the butterfly that flutters its wings before a hurricane just a metaphor?\n\nNo, it really exists. I suggest you go out and kill the bloody thing before it causes any more hurricanes.
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The layout of a dart board is designed so the high numbers have low numbers adjacent to them at top and bottom, but the middle range numbers are close together at the sides.\n\nThere were a number of different lay outs used but they agreed on a standard one years ago. Since then some Mathematicians with far too much time on there hands proved the current layout is nearly a perfect permutation for 20 numbers such that the high ones are adjacent to low ones.
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It most likely came from bugger or , like in the case of mosquiotes its Bugging me!\n\nThe term bug though is often used in the wrong context. There actually exists an Order of insects known as the "true bugs" this is the order Hemiptera\nThe words ladybug and pillbug for instance are used in correctly, neither of these are "bugs" according to entomological defintions, the ladyBug is actually a beetle, and the pillbug is actually not even an insect, it s a terrestrial crustation (Isopoda).\n\nI'll share with you some knowledge, if you see the name of an inset that is all one word for instance Mayfly, ladybug, Dragonfly, the name is actually wrong, the mayfly is not a fly, it is an Ephemeroptera, and the dragonfly is not a fly it is an Odonate\nHowever name written with 2 words are often right, such as crane fly and stink bug, these are actuall what they clain to be (diptera and Hemiptera respectively)\n\nhope this helps in some way!!!
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It is because of the invasions!  The Scottish invaded the Brits and they were unfamiliar with the "P" sound.  So they changed it to "M".  Making Polly, from Molly, from Mary. And Peg, from Meg, from Margaret.  Huh?  Does that make sense?\n\nSounds good enough for me.
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Any chance your file extension association for the icon got remapped to SnagIt?
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butterfly. i dont know why but i would scream if i see one
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With the flutter of a butterfly's wings somewhere around the world...the wings beating could stir up something in the air...causing a boar to snort...scaring up an entire herd of zebras... yada yada yada.  Basically something that simple can lead to a chain of events that cause something great or huge.  It kinda reminds me of the game six degrees of Kevin Bacon.
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Is a butterfly named for the color of its excrement or because it was thought to steal butter? It is hard to imagine that anyone ever noticed the color of butterfly excrement or believed the insect capable of such theft. The first suggestion rests on the fact that an early Dutch name for the butterfly was boterschijte. The second is based on an old belief that the butterfly was really a larcenous witch in disguise.
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http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/tumblebumblebee_photos/th_paperclip1en.jpg
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This is a good site to visit. \nIt will answer your question and provide many more answers for you about the bumblebee.