Language meme from spnkygrl..
Where did you grow up? SF Bay Area, California
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.
Shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox or pail
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch or sofa
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 or patio (depending on which it is.. duh.)
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Deli sandwich
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swim trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes or sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
Tidying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Isopod or pillbug
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? See saw?
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Depends on the type. I usually start with a knife and fork if its floppy and then pick it up as it gets more manageable
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage 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. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain or drinking fountain
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.
Shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox or pail
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Couch or sofa
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 or patio (depending on which it is.. duh.)
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Deli sandwich
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swim trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes or sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
Tidying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Isopod or pillbug
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? See saw?
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Depends on the type. I usually start with a knife and fork if its floppy and then pick it up as it gets more manageable
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage 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. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain or drinking fountain