Regional dialect meme, pinched from aoniedesade
Regional Dialect Meme
Born in Chicago, raised in the western suburbs
What do you call:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Skillet or 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
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.
Pop...or soda, if I'm feeling particularly sophisticated
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Gym shoes
13. Putting a room in order.
Straightening up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Roly-poly
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.
Teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Hold it by the crust and eat it by the pointy or squared end, depending how it's cut...and if it's stuffed or deep dish pizza, with a knife and fork
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 gradually replaced the "supper" I grew up with
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Drinking fountain or water fountain
22: If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?
Kitty-corner
23. What do you call the place where the water comes out of the sink?
Faucet, tap, or spigot, depending on my mood
Born in Chicago, raised in the western suburbs
What do you call:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Skillet or 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
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.
Pop...or soda, if I'm feeling particularly sophisticated
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Gym shoes
13. Putting a room in order.
Straightening up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Roly-poly
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.
Teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Hold it by the crust and eat it by the pointy or squared end, depending how it's cut...and if it's stuffed or deep dish pizza, with a knife and fork
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 gradually replaced the "supper" I grew up with
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Drinking fountain or water fountain
22: If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?
Kitty-corner
23. What do you call the place where the water comes out of the sink?
Faucet, tap, or spigot, depending on my mood