Meme
I did that dialect meme that's going around. You should do it too!
Where did you grow up: Northern California
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
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?
Shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan (or just "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.
Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch if it's in the front, deck if it's in the back
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake (or crepe, which I am currently making)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimsuit
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes or tennies, and sometimes sneakers
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.
Roly poly or potato bug (I prefer roly poly.)
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?
With my hands, crust last
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Usually in my neighborhoods growing up they were yard sales, but I've heard garage sale as equally.
19. What's the evening meal?
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
Okay, I really truly love this kind of thing. I find dialects fascinating. So, I'm not going to tag anyone, but I'd really love to see lots of people from all over the place doing it. Yay!
Where did you grow up: Northern California
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
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?
Shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan (or just "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.
Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch if it's in the front, deck if it's in the back
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake (or crepe, which I am currently making)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimsuit
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes or tennies, and sometimes sneakers
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.
Roly poly or potato bug (I prefer roly poly.)
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?
With my hands, crust last
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Usually in my neighborhoods growing up they were yard sales, but I've heard garage sale as equally.
19. What's the evening meal?
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
Okay, I really truly love this kind of thing. I find dialects fascinating. So, I'm not going to tag anyone, but I'd really love to see lots of people from all over the place doing it. Yay!