Way Deep Down South, Yo, We Play This Game
I have nothing constructive, insightful, or otherwise apropos to say, so here, have this meme I ganked from a_t_rain.
Age:
29 24 :D
Where you grew up:
N/A - I didn't grow up in one place. To all intents and purposes I'm from southern Indiana (the north/south distinction is important, as we never entirely recovered from the Civil War and the area where I live is kind of the northern extreme of Dixie), but I spent a lot of my childhood on the East Coast in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Both parents are from Indiana, for the record.
First answer is the one that came immediately to mind; if there's more than one answer, I've included other words or phrases I use interchangeably.
1.) A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks:
A creek (pronounced "crick").
2.) What the thing you push around the grocery store is called:
Shopping cart or grocery cart. (I have heard the word "buggy" used locally.)
3.) A metal container to carry a meal in:
Lunchbox.
4.) The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in:
Skillet, or frying pan.
5.) The piece of furniture that seats three people:
Couch or sofa.
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.
8.) Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages:
Coke. Also "soda" to give the genre its proper name, but if you're invited to partake of my fridge, you're likely to be asked, "Hey, you wanna Coke? We've got Coke, we've got Sprite, we've got..."
9.) A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup:
Pancake.
10.) A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself:
Sub, also hoagy (which is what we called it when I was a kid in Pennsylvania).
11.) The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach:
Swim trunks.
12.) Shoes worn for sports:
Sneakers or tennis shoes.
13.) Putting a room in order:
Picking it up; also cleaning up, tidying up. (At our house, "picking up" or "tidying up" is used to connote a cursory cleaning, whereas "cleaning X room" meant the works--dusting, vacuuming, etc.)
14.) A flying insect that glows in the dark:
Firefly.
15.) The little insect that curls up into a ball:
I have no idea what this is called, in southern Indiana or anywhere else for that matter. I'm not sure I've even seen one of these insects.
16.) The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the otherside and goes down:
Seesaw or teeter-totter.
17.) How do you eat your pizza?
Unfolded, and usually cold the next day when the cheese and grease have congealed nicely. See under "ways l33 is stereotypically male". :D
18.) What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale or yard sale. I have heard "rummage sale" used in this area.
19.) What's the evening meal?
Dinner or supper.
20.) The thing under the 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?
Water fountain.
Age:
29 24 :D
Where you grew up:
N/A - I didn't grow up in one place. To all intents and purposes I'm from southern Indiana (the north/south distinction is important, as we never entirely recovered from the Civil War and the area where I live is kind of the northern extreme of Dixie), but I spent a lot of my childhood on the East Coast in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Both parents are from Indiana, for the record.
First answer is the one that came immediately to mind; if there's more than one answer, I've included other words or phrases I use interchangeably.
1.) A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks:
A creek (pronounced "crick").
2.) What the thing you push around the grocery store is called:
Shopping cart or grocery cart. (I have heard the word "buggy" used locally.)
3.) A metal container to carry a meal in:
Lunchbox.
4.) The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in:
Skillet, or frying pan.
5.) The piece of furniture that seats three people:
Couch or sofa.
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.
8.) Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages:
Coke. Also "soda" to give the genre its proper name, but if you're invited to partake of my fridge, you're likely to be asked, "Hey, you wanna Coke? We've got Coke, we've got Sprite, we've got..."
9.) A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup:
Pancake.
10.) A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself:
Sub, also hoagy (which is what we called it when I was a kid in Pennsylvania).
11.) The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach:
Swim trunks.
12.) Shoes worn for sports:
Sneakers or tennis shoes.
13.) Putting a room in order:
Picking it up; also cleaning up, tidying up. (At our house, "picking up" or "tidying up" is used to connote a cursory cleaning, whereas "cleaning X room" meant the works--dusting, vacuuming, etc.)
14.) A flying insect that glows in the dark:
Firefly.
15.) The little insect that curls up into a ball:
I have no idea what this is called, in southern Indiana or anywhere else for that matter. I'm not sure I've even seen one of these insects.
16.) The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the otherside and goes down:
Seesaw or teeter-totter.
17.) How do you eat your pizza?
Unfolded, and usually cold the next day when the cheese and grease have congealed nicely. See under "ways l33 is stereotypically male". :D
18.) What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale or yard sale. I have heard "rummage sale" used in this area.
19.) What's the evening meal?
Dinner or supper.
20.) The thing under the 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?
Water fountain.