Regionalism
'Cause I think that having everything the same everywhere is bo-o-o-ring. Ganked from editrx but answered for myself.
Age: ~50 (No, I don't care to be more exact - this is enough to be going on with).
Where you grew up (Ages 0-18):
Western Washington state near Everett (0-3), Yakima, Washington (3-18) and Boston, Massachusetts (18).
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: a creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: a grocery cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: a lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: a frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: couch, sofa, davenport.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: gutters.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: a porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: pop.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancakes
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.
12. Shoes worn for sports: tennis shoes (pronounced ten-a-shoes).
13. Putting a room in order: cleaning.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: potato 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: teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza: pointy-end first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: yard sale or garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?: Supper, maybe 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.
Age: ~50 (No, I don't care to be more exact - this is enough to be going on with).
Where you grew up (Ages 0-18):
Western Washington state near Everett (0-3), Yakima, Washington (3-18) and Boston, Massachusetts (18).
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: a creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: a grocery cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: a lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: a frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: couch, sofa, davenport.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: gutters.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: a porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: pop.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancakes
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.
12. Shoes worn for sports: tennis shoes (pronounced ten-a-shoes).
13. Putting a room in order: cleaning.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: potato 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: teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza: pointy-end first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: yard sale or garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?: Supper, maybe 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.