The Dialect meme everyone has done
I've used the version with the extra question as seen on the_marquis's journal. I was born and brought up in Newcastle-upon Tyne, spend 3 years in Oxford, 3 years in The Lake District, 2 years in Leamington Spa, 5 years in London and so far 2 ½ years in Medway. My Mother was brought up in Teesside, both her parents being from Teeside, though my Grandfather’s family were Scottish. My Father was born in London and brought up in Shropshire, The Isle of Wight, Dumfries and London. I’m unsure where exactly in England his father’s family originated, home counties/London I think. His mother had an English Father (who died before she was born IIRC) and a French Mother and grew up in India and London. The main differences between my parents families is that my Mother’s family are most definitely working class and my Father’s family considered themselves upper class, though any claim to that was definitely crumbling during my Father's childhood.
0. The gap between two buildings, containing a footpath.
Alley or passage, if it’s really small and crooked a snickle.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream or beck.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store supermarket/big shop is called.
Husband :-D But I presume what they are referring to is a trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
The only metal container I’ve ever carried a meal in is a tiffin box, other than that, cakes go in tins, packed lunches go in plastic lunch boxes or sandwich boxes.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
A settee or sofa, but we used to have an item of furniture matching that description we refered to as the studio couch, because it converted into a double bed.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter, which leads to the drainpipes.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Terrace, patios only ever have temporary covers over them. The area would need to be quite long to merit the name terrace though, not many houses in the UK have them. Edit: Just remembered Veranda would also be another term I would use for this.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Fizzy drink
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
American pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Baguette.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming Trunks, unless you are Borat and then it would be a mankini.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
It depends on the sport, I’d use trainers as a general term, but black sports shoes at school were plimsolls and the white ones were tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order.
Pointless? :-D Tidying up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Dead.
As mentioned by several people woodlice, which I presume the author of this meme is referring to, are not insects. While they both belong to the same Phylum, Arthropoda, woodlice belong to the Sub-Phylum Crustacea, Class Malacostraca. Insects are Class Insecta. I may not remember much from my biology degree, but invertebrates and entomology in particular were favourite subjects of mine.
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?
With my fingers, unless I’m in Pizza Express where for some reason knives and forks seem more appropriate than fingers.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Car boot sale is the nearest UK equivalent to a yard sale I suppose.
19. What's the evening meal?
Depends largely on the time and what the meal consists of. Tea, if it’s before 5pm and consists of sandwiches and cake. After 5pm and including something hot (probably egg or cheese based) it would become high tea. After 7pm, it would be dinner and usually have at least 2 courses, if not 3. Supper would be a light snack anytime after 8pm and would generally be taken if you’d had had high tea earlier on. In practice I generally use ‘tea’ though, whatever the time.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar, if it’s a bit damp and used for storing junk, tools, wine or growing mushrooms. Basement if it’s been converted into a room you can actually use.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Vending machine, though I think they’re referring to a drinking fountain. I’d have to be pretty desperate to use one these days though :-P
0. The gap between two buildings, containing a footpath.
Alley or passage, if it’s really small and crooked a snickle.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream or beck.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store supermarket/big shop is called.
Husband :-D But I presume what they are referring to is a trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
The only metal container I’ve ever carried a meal in is a tiffin box, other than that, cakes go in tins, packed lunches go in plastic lunch boxes or sandwich boxes.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
A settee or sofa, but we used to have an item of furniture matching that description we refered to as the studio couch, because it converted into a double bed.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter, which leads to the drainpipes.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Terrace, patios only ever have temporary covers over them. The area would need to be quite long to merit the name terrace though, not many houses in the UK have them. Edit: Just remembered Veranda would also be another term I would use for this.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Fizzy drink
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
American pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Baguette.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming Trunks, unless you are Borat and then it would be a mankini.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
It depends on the sport, I’d use trainers as a general term, but black sports shoes at school were plimsolls and the white ones were tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order.
Pointless? :-D Tidying up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Dead.
As mentioned by several people woodlice, which I presume the author of this meme is referring to, are not insects. While they both belong to the same Phylum, Arthropoda, woodlice belong to the Sub-Phylum Crustacea, Class Malacostraca. Insects are Class Insecta. I may not remember much from my biology degree, but invertebrates and entomology in particular were favourite subjects of mine.
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?
With my fingers, unless I’m in Pizza Express where for some reason knives and forks seem more appropriate than fingers.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Car boot sale is the nearest UK equivalent to a yard sale I suppose.
19. What's the evening meal?
Depends largely on the time and what the meal consists of. Tea, if it’s before 5pm and consists of sandwiches and cake. After 5pm and including something hot (probably egg or cheese based) it would become high tea. After 7pm, it would be dinner and usually have at least 2 courses, if not 3. Supper would be a light snack anytime after 8pm and would generally be taken if you’d had had high tea earlier on. In practice I generally use ‘tea’ though, whatever the time.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar, if it’s a bit damp and used for storing junk, tools, wine or growing mushrooms. Basement if it’s been converted into a room you can actually use.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Vending machine, though I think they’re referring to a drinking fountain. I’d have to be pretty desperate to use one these days though :-P