Dialect meme
From why_am_i. I'm surprised that actrealdon isn't all over this already - are they making you do some work, or something? :)
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
12. Shoes worn for sports?
13. Putting a room in order?
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
15. The little creature (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
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?
17. How do you eat your pizza? [No, I don't know what that has to do with it]
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
19. The evening meal?
20. The children's game where one person has the task of catching any other whereupon they are given the same task?
21. The things you wear over your eyes to protect them from the sun?
22. The red condiment which is often put on sausages?
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
shopping trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
billy
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
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?
guttering & downpipe
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
verandah
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
lollywater :) but more commonly, soft drinks
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancakes or crepes (can't be bothered working out how to type accents properly)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Roll, or focaccia, or sub, depending where I bought it
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
budgie smugglers/speedos or boardies, depending on style
12. Shoes worn for sports?
sneakers (unless it's a specific sport shoe, like football boots, or climbing shoes)
13. Putting a room in order?
tidying up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
firefly, not that we have them
15. The little creature (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
starts with S... slater, that's it.
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? [No, I don't know what that has to do with it]
um, with my right hand usually? But sometimes with knife & fork
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale
19. The evening meal?
dinner
20. The children's game where one person has the task of catching any other whereupon they are given the same task?
tag
21. The things you wear over your eyes to protect them from the sun?
sunnies
22. The red condiment which is often put on sausages?
tomato sauce. Ketchup, as far as I know, has more ingredients than tomatoes and salt, so this is not just a dialectical difference.
I did this without looking at Kat's answers, and my answers are mostly the same. So either I've become totally Victorian, or this meme is not designed to reveal differences between Australian state dialects!
More questions which may fix this:
23. Juice container made of waxed paper & foil, with mini-straw stuck on outside?
24. General term for garments one swims in?
25. person from the outer, undesirable suburbs?
26. Using 'hey' on the end of a sentence?
23. fruit box, but I know it's different in Qld
24. bathers or swimmers - does anyone still use togs?
25. Booner, but also bogan or westy
26. means am I right, right? (I am right)
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
12. Shoes worn for sports?
13. Putting a room in order?
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
15. The little creature (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
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?
17. How do you eat your pizza? [No, I don't know what that has to do with it]
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
19. The evening meal?
20. The children's game where one person has the task of catching any other whereupon they are given the same task?
21. The things you wear over your eyes to protect them from the sun?
22. The red condiment which is often put on sausages?
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
shopping trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
billy
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
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?
guttering & downpipe
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
verandah
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
lollywater :) but more commonly, soft drinks
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancakes or crepes (can't be bothered working out how to type accents properly)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Roll, or focaccia, or sub, depending where I bought it
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
budgie smugglers/speedos or boardies, depending on style
12. Shoes worn for sports?
sneakers (unless it's a specific sport shoe, like football boots, or climbing shoes)
13. Putting a room in order?
tidying up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
firefly, not that we have them
15. The little creature (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
starts with S... slater, that's it.
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? [No, I don't know what that has to do with it]
um, with my right hand usually? But sometimes with knife & fork
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale
19. The evening meal?
dinner
20. The children's game where one person has the task of catching any other whereupon they are given the same task?
tag
21. The things you wear over your eyes to protect them from the sun?
sunnies
22. The red condiment which is often put on sausages?
tomato sauce. Ketchup, as far as I know, has more ingredients than tomatoes and salt, so this is not just a dialectical difference.
I did this without looking at Kat's answers, and my answers are mostly the same. So either I've become totally Victorian, or this meme is not designed to reveal differences between Australian state dialects!
More questions which may fix this:
23. Juice container made of waxed paper & foil, with mini-straw stuck on outside?
24. General term for garments one swims in?
25. person from the outer, undesirable suburbs?
26. Using 'hey' on the end of a sentence?
23. fruit box, but I know it's different in Qld
24. bathers or swimmers - does anyone still use togs?
25. Booner, but also bogan or westy
26. means am I right, right? (I am right)