Regional Language Meme
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cyan_blue because I find these things fascinating-regional variations in language are interesting to me.
Age: 28
Where did you grow up: near NYC
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Wagon or Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
(frying) pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch, although if it's in the back of the house, and raised, and has an awning (not a pemanent roof) it might be a deck. If it's not raised, it might be a patio.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub if it's cold, hero if it's hot.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Bathing suit
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Pill bug
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
See-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Real pizza, like the kind I get at home is eaten folded in half, at the crust end. No forks. Sicillian pizza isn't folded though.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale or Yard Sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement
21. An unusually heavy rain which does not last long? "It's pouring outside"
22. A window covering on rollers that pulls down? Window shade
23. A new, limited access, multi-lane road? Highway
24. Heavy garments worn for work? I'm guessing this means coveralls-the kind that you wear over other clothing to protect it.
25. Cold drink made with milk, ice cream and flavored syrup? shake/milkshake
cyan_blue because I find these things fascinating-regional variations in language are interesting to me.Age: 28
Where did you grow up: near NYC
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Wagon or Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
(frying) pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch, although if it's in the back of the house, and raised, and has an awning (not a pemanent roof) it might be a deck. If it's not raised, it might be a patio.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub if it's cold, hero if it's hot.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Bathing suit
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Pill bug
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
See-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Real pizza, like the kind I get at home is eaten folded in half, at the crust end. No forks. Sicillian pizza isn't folded though.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale or Yard Sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement
21. An unusually heavy rain which does not last long? "It's pouring outside"
22. A window covering on rollers that pulls down? Window shade
23. A new, limited access, multi-lane road? Highway
24. Heavy garments worn for work? I'm guessing this means coveralls-the kind that you wear over other clothing to protect it.
25. Cold drink made with milk, ice cream and flavored syrup? shake/milkshake
