Regional Speech Meme

May 01, 2010 22:26

Age: 35

Where you grew up: South-central Montana

Qualification: I've lived in New England for 17 years. It has changed my speech, so I'll be putting currents in parethesis.



1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek, pronounced crik. (now with a long e).

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: Cart

3. A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunch box

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Skillet

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: Couch or sofa, interchangeably.

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 (now if it's screened in, it's also called a patio or florida room)

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Pop. (now soda, but it still comes out of a pop machine)

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancake (if flour-based), (now also johnnycake if corn-meal)

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: Sub or hoagie (now just sub)

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Swim shorts

12. Shoes worn for sports: Sneakers.

13. Putting a room in order: Cleaning or tidying up.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: Firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: Rollie-pollie or potato bug (interchangeably)

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: See-saw

17. How do you eat your pizza: Always with my hands - point side first, crust last.

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 (now dinner gets mixed in, too - but that was always the name for a meal between lunch and supper growing up)

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: Basement (now also cellar)

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: Water fountain (I do not, but my husband uses bubbler... sans the R, so it comes out "bubblah")

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