The local terminology meme
(grabbed from shimere277, but I have a feeling it's going to be popping up everywhere).
This is accurate for values of "local" which include "my family"
What do you call...
1. A flowing body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: stream or creek (of course, "smaller than a river" is a relative term, particularly here in .au)
2. The thing you push around the grocery store: trolley (and it's a supermarket, thanks)
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: lunch box (although over here they're more likely to be plastic than metal, and the really fancy ones are insulated).
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: frying pan, frypan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: sofa or couch
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: porch or verandah
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: soft drink, although they're more likely to be referred to either by brand name, or by vague variety (lemonade, cola etc).
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancake (although it's a hotcake when you order them from Maccas).
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: trunks/board shorts/boardies, speedos/budgie-smugglers, rashie (I'd better explain this last - I'm living relatively close to a surf beach, and the usual gear for most surfers is a sort of mini-wetsuit)
12. Shoes worn for sports: sneakers
13. Putting a room in order. tidying (unless it's my room, in which case it's "finding the floor").
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark. firefly (which we don't have over here)
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: slater, pillbug (both alternative terms for "woodlouse". The more likely one is going to be "bloody slaters!" in tones of exasperation).
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? It's finger food, unless it's gourmet pizza that I'm eating in a restaurant.
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: garage sale, jumble sale
19. The evening meal: dinner or tea (supper happens later still)
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: non-existent... they're not really popular here in Perth (mainly, I think, because we're built on sand). If we had them, they'd be cellars.
21. The thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: drink tap, or drinking fountain.
This is accurate for values of "local" which include "my family"
What do you call...
1. A flowing body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: stream or creek (of course, "smaller than a river" is a relative term, particularly here in .au)
2. The thing you push around the grocery store: trolley (and it's a supermarket, thanks)
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: lunch box (although over here they're more likely to be plastic than metal, and the really fancy ones are insulated).
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: frying pan, frypan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: sofa or couch
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: porch or verandah
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: soft drink, although they're more likely to be referred to either by brand name, or by vague variety (lemonade, cola etc).
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancake (although it's a hotcake when you order them from Maccas).
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: trunks/board shorts/boardies, speedos/budgie-smugglers, rashie (I'd better explain this last - I'm living relatively close to a surf beach, and the usual gear for most surfers is a sort of mini-wetsuit)
12. Shoes worn for sports: sneakers
13. Putting a room in order. tidying (unless it's my room, in which case it's "finding the floor").
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark. firefly (which we don't have over here)
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: slater, pillbug (both alternative terms for "woodlouse". The more likely one is going to be "bloody slaters!" in tones of exasperation).
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? It's finger food, unless it's gourmet pizza that I'm eating in a restaurant.
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: garage sale, jumble sale
19. The evening meal: dinner or tea (supper happens later still)
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: non-existent... they're not really popular here in Perth (mainly, I think, because we're built on sand). If we had them, they'd be cellars.
21. The thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: drink tap, or drinking fountain.