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The basics: I've lived in Pittsford for 18 years, then Burlington 9 months of the year for the past 4, my relatives all live in Vermont, Missouri, or the Bronx, NY.
A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek, Brook, or Stream
What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Grocery Cart if in a grocery store, shopping cart in other kinds of stores
A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan or skillet
The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch, futon, bed, floor.. I'm a college student (at least till Sunday), remember?
The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter
The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
I'm with Aaron on this one - crap :) but yes, soda, not pop..
A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake. Or maybe a flattened round waffle. Or eggs, 'cause I would eat those with syrup.. or.. corn toastie :)
A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub
The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swim trunks, usually
Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
Putting a room in order.
Cleaning
A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Not sure what this means. Maybe cutworm, ladybug.. um.. yah.
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.
Seesaw
How do you eat your pizza?
pizza end first, *usually*.. sometimes I eat the crust first, depends on my mood
What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard or garage sale
What's the evening meal?
Supper (mostly - dinner is the slightly later than lunch meal, generally reserved for special occasions like "sunday dinner" and "thanksgiving dinner")
The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Either basement or cellar, depends on how finished it is (and generally interchangeable words in my house)
What word(s) do you use to address a group of two or more people?
"hey guys," "hey people"
Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?" Not generally
Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?"
hehe. only if I'd been hanging around with jim too long ("where you at, dawg?"... I don't know who you is. I don't know who you is, dawg.")
Modals are words like "can," "could," "might," "ought to," and so on. Can you use more than one modal at a time? (e.g., "I might could do that" to mean "I might be able to do that"; or "I used to could do that" to mean "I used to be able to do that")
No?! I might could use those sometimes.. (take that as a very sarcastic no)
What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway?
median, grassy strip thing, thing that annoyingly prevents turning around for miles and miles and miles..
What do you call the drink made with milk and ice cream?
milkshake
What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
yeah, daddy-long-legs!
What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother?
Grammy
What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?)
Grammy (The distinction is the last name.. Grammy Drown for mom's mom, just Grammy or Grammy Swift for daddy's mom)
What do/did you call your maternal grandfather?
Never knew him.. but would have called him Grandpa
What do/did you call your paternal grandfather?
Grandpa/ Grampa
What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners?
dustbunnies :)
What term do you use to refer to something that is across both streets from you at an intersection (or diagonally across from you in general)?
Kitty-corner
What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?
mmm donuts
What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect?
scrap paper
What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on?
Interstate
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
Sun-shower
When you are cold, and little points of skin begin to come on your arms and legs, you have-
goosebumps
What do you call the gooey or dry matter that collects in the corners of your eyes, especially while you are sleeping?
Sleepy-seeds
What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?
Traffic circle or roundabout (I hate them, for the record)
What is the thing that women use to tie their hair?
well it depends.. scrunchie or elastic, generally
Do you use the word cruller?
MMM crullers!
Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry?
hehe.. yeah...
What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)?
splay-footed.. like a horse..
Can you call coleslaw "slaw"?
um no
What do you call the box you bury a dead person in?
coffin. or urn, like my grandfather..
Do you say "vinegar and oil" or "oil and vinegar" for the type of salad dressing?
Oil and vinegar
What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly?
Again, with Aaron - what is this more than two lanes you speak of? But I suppose, "jackass!" or whiplash ;)
When you stand outside with a long line of people waiting to get in somewhere, are you standing "in line" or "on line" (as in, "I stood ___ in the cold for two hours before they opened the doors")?
in line
Do you say "frosting" or "icing" for the sweet spread one puts on a cake?
um.. it depends.. if I bought it, then it's frosting - if I make it, it's either but usually icing.. but it's almost always "icing the cake"
What is "the City"?
Um. that depends? don't really have just one....
What is the distinction between dinner and supper?
Supper is later and more informal
Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass?
mow the lawn
Do you pass in homework or hand in homework?
hand in homework
What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water?
Water Strider
What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?
Drinking fountain (dude. it's so not a bubbler.)
What do you call a public railway system (normally underground)?
Subway
What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper?
vandalism ;)
What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road?
pileup or idiocy
What vowel do you use in bag?
rhymes with lag, tag, jag, etc
What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store?
Bag. (what did you think I would say "sack?")
What do you call the night before Halloween?
Cabbage night
What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?
the heel
How do you pronounce the word for the type of drug that acts as central nervous system depressant and is used as a sedative or hypnotic? (Please do not look up the word in a dictionary before answering this question.)
what? narcotic? NAR (rhymes with bar) - COT (rhymes with pot) - IC (like ick)
What do you call a point that is purely academic, or that cannot be settled and isn't worth discussing further?
a moot point
How do you pronounce the -sp- sequence in "thespian" (the word meaning "actor")?
Thez - pian
What do you call a drive-through liquor store?
yeah, there's one on the other side of the state.. I call it an interesting idea, considering we're not encouraged to drink and drive..
What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home?
Take-out
What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car?
Shottie no blitz. But no "touch blue, make it true"
What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?
ogling ;) or drooling.. or.. yah
Do you say "expecially", or "especially"?
Especially
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Thanks Aaron, that was a fun way to waste my time before bed. News for today: I got out of work way early which was nice. Had a nice relaxing evening, despite realizing that I bought *whole bean* coffee.. guess what, Holly's blender that she left here worked great as a grinder.. Tiffany left the coffeemaker so she's not getting it back, but then I went to clean the pot and ran it into the wall and smashed it. And that sucked. And my dog died today. So I'm kind of in a mixed mood - it was a good relaxing evening but just those little (or not so little) things way a bit. But. Off to bed so I can get up in the morning and go to work and be there for almost *no* time because I have no one really worth calling and can't get on the internet. Hmm. THIS makes sense.