• Question: The Butterfly was once called the Flutterby. That name makes much more sense so why do you think we changed it?

    Asked by to Claire on 20 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Claire Vinten answered on 20 Mar 2014:


      Hi 🙂

      I didn’t know that the butterfly was once called the ‘Flutterby’! It is quite a cute name! Words tend to get changed over many years because people pronounce them wrong, or write them down wrong and then the new name sticks. Maybe that is what happened….

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