It's such a funny name for a little insect with pincers on its bum.
2006-07-13 10:07:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
very good i like that one don't no wish i did
2006-07-13 10:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by ALAN B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old English éarwicga - just ear + wiggle. Nothing to do with wings or wigs, but a wiggly thing (insect) that can go in your ear. The dictionary is your friend.
2006-07-13 17:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by Nicholas W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because they like to settle down in a fleshy crevice unnoticed... and between the ear and skull is the only one. Horrible but true... hence ear wig. Check behind your ears folks!
2006-07-13 17:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by Vertigogo... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this is true but I heard that they would find their way into wigs(usually judges wigs) and crawl into their ears when they donned the wig. That is where, apparently, they were first discovered and named. I don't know how much truth, if any , there is in that though.
2006-07-13 17:15:43 · answer #4 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told it had something to do with the shape of the wings. Although I have not seen it myself, I was told that they resemble the ear. The word is supposed to be a corruption of Ear-Wing.
2006-07-13 17:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by peewit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but i relly hate them,seriously they scare the crap out of me.its cos when i was younger my cousin said that when ur asleep they crawl in ur ear and eat ur brain.so it mite come from that.i dont speak to my cousin anymore.
2006-07-13 17:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by marmitemanuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they get that name because they may crawl into your ear if you fall asleep outside in some places.
2006-07-13 17:12:28 · answer #7 · answered by ♥aɳgel♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it a horrible insect... which has the legendry status of crawling in your ear!
2006-07-13 17:25:07 · answer #8 · answered by AZRAEL è 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe coz they fest on ears!?
2006-07-13 17:12:21 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when they fall off the wall they say 'Earwigo' [Here we go!]
2006-07-14 01:55:32 · answer #10 · answered by Magus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋