Regional dialect meme

[jenfer47]

From rainbow_goddess .

1. a body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?  branch or creek
2. the thing you push around the grocery store? buggy.
3. a metal container to carry a meal in? lunch bucket.
4. the thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? skillet.
5. the side dish you serve with bacon and eggs?  grits.
6. the piece of furniture that seats three people? sofa or settee.
7. the device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? gutter.
8. the covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? front porch.
9. carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? cold drink.
10. a flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? pancakes.
11. a long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? footlong hotdog.
12. the piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? swim trunks or bathing suit 
13. shoes worn for sports? tennis shoes or runners.
14. putting a room in order? straightening up 
15. a flying insect that glows in the dark? lightning bug.
16. the little insect that curls up into a ball? pillbug or rolypoly.
17. 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
18. how do you eat your pizza? with my hands (we didn't have pizza when I was a youth)
19. the act of private citizens putting up signs and selling their used stuff? yard sale.
20. the evening meal? supper.
21. the midday meal?  dinner.

I would add:

• knit upper garment with long sleeves? - sweater
• to buy something for five dollars? - to give five dollars
• long hollow round thing that water comes out of? hose pipe
• hot round spot on stove top? - eye
• to shout insults at someone? - to bless him out
• "Do you suppose...?"  - "Do you reckon...?"
• hurry up - make haste
• regular homogenized milk, not sour - sweet milk