Expert for 15 minutes

[undyingking]

I was intrigued to note (courtesy of mrsdanvers63) that, according to Google, this LJ is the world-leading authority on the subject of dialect terms for gigantic buzzing beetles, thanks to this entry from last year.

(I can add that I've now also seen stag beetles in flight -- we had two males competing for a female in the garden this summer -- and, as suspected, it's a very impressive sight, preferably viewed from a fair distance.)

Has anyone else noticed Google declaring their journal an expert on any such somewhat random subject?

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of the time Three Years of Hell happened to mention Paris Hilton and Tony reported a short while later that the resulting surge of traffic from Paris Hilton-related searches completely swamped his law-related traffic! (It's on this page. Scroll down to Jan 12th 2004.)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

If only we could see the equivalent search terms stats for LJs -- I suspect you've now guaranteed this page will be the prime destination for searches involving Paris Hilton and "cockchafer"...

try searching for:

[cleanskies.livejournal.com]

god, goddesses and saints of beer

Re: try searching for:

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Now that's worth being an expert on!

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Fame!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Indeed, although of a peculiarly beetley kind.

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

One of my old websites (sadly departed) used to hold the number one spot on Google for the term 'marketing bullshit' which I was rather proud of. On the other hand, I was trying, so I'm not sure it counts for these purposes.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I was trying

*heroically avoids obvious retort*

Looks from last night like Owen may be saving his heroics for the England shirt?

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Didn't see it, but it sounded horrible. Mostly I think it was just the natural consequence of sending out 3 defensive midfielders.

[mrsdanvers63.livejournal.com]

Stag beetles - cockchafers coming down the chimney was bad enough!

(I was looking for "mismador" - which was the West Suffolk term I was introduced to and seems to have some relationship to other dialect names.)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

mismador

What a great word! - I've not come across that one. (Related to dumbledore for bumblebee?)

Sounds like it should be the Spanish for "someone who makes things be the same", maybe a continuity person...

Mismadors

[(Anonymous)]

Many thanks to Mrs Danvers for the only mention on the internet that I can see of Mismador. I too am from Suffolk, West Suffolk, and in my village they were only misadors and certainly not billywitchs. Having long not lived in Suffolk and just found a mismador outside my back door in Wales I was starting to think I had imagined the word. I am much reassured thankyou!

Re: Mismadors

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Interesting, thanks! -- I've only been living in Suffolk a few years, but I've already learnt that West Suffolk is a very different place from the bit around Ipswich where I am…

Strange that this page seems to be the only English-language hit for "mismador". You'd think it would be documented somewhere more sensible.