Assertion: common wasp | /r/Synonym | jasper
Facets:
value: in some english regions
type: LOCATION
value: colloquially
type: MANNER
value: elsewhere in the english midlands
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Common wasps are colloquially called "jaspers" in some English regions (Dorset, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere in the English Midlands); whether this comes from the Latin vespa or from the abdomen resembling the striped mineral jasper, is not clear.