Dialect Meme
I kept most of Jenn's answers, and some of these I can't imagine what ELSE you would call them....
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? 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 in front, patio in back
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
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? bathing suit/swimming trunks/board shorts
12. Shoes worn for sports? tennis shoes
13. Putting a room in order? straightening
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? rolly-polly
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? from the point to the crust.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage Sale or the ghetto
19. What's the evening meal? dinner
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