Dubheach's Accent Meme
Where did you grow up:
Texas (mostly San Antonio and Dallas) [while I understand that it is considerably more popular to dis Texas than almost anywhere else, I am quite proudly Texan]
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.
Basket
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.
Downspout? Gutters?
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soft drink (though when I was a kid, we called it *all* "coke")
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Submarine
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis 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.
Rolly polly bug
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.
Seesaw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
From small end to crust
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale
19. What's the evening meal?
Supper
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.
Texas (mostly San Antonio and Dallas) [while I understand that it is considerably more popular to dis Texas than almost anywhere else, I am quite proudly Texan]
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.
Basket
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.
Downspout? Gutters?
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soft drink (though when I was a kid, we called it *all* "coke")
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Submarine
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis 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.
Rolly polly bug
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.
Seesaw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
From small end to crust
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale
19. What's the evening meal?
Supper
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.