Colloquialisms have nothing on me
Age: 26 (For two days and five hours more)
Where you grew up (Ages 0-18): 0-2 in Texas, 3-4 in North/South Carolina, 5-18 in Texas.
For other relevancy, my mother's family is from Michigan through Main and my father's family is from California. I am the first and only south-westerner in my family.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: creek, stream, bayou, brook
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: shopping cart, basket
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: lunch box, lunch pail, lunch bag
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: pan, frying pan, skillet
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: couch, sofa, futon, settee, love seat
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: gutter, rain gutter, storm drain
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: patio, balcony, porch, veranda
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: disgusting Soda (in general, but I call them by name when there is only one), Italian soda, flavored water, ginger ale
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: panini, sub (marine), po boy, hoagie
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: shorts, swim shorts, swim suit, bathing suit, trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports: tennis shoes, walking shoes, running shoes, gym shoes, sneaker
13. Putting a room in order: cleaning, neatening, readying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: firefly, lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: roly poly, pill bug, do-do bug
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, teeter-totter (, a lever)
17. How do you eat your pizza: I pick off the topping, eat them. Sometimes scoop off the sauce with a finger and eating. Then I throw away the bread -- usually to some other horrified person that sees this as wasting it, or to a lovable pet.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: garage sale, yard sale, resale, flea market
19. What's the evening meal?: dinner, supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: basement, bunker, cellar, storage room
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: water fountain, drinking fountain
I'm surprised you didn't ask me how I like my grits, eggs, chips or tea.
Where you grew up (Ages 0-18): 0-2 in Texas, 3-4 in North/South Carolina, 5-18 in Texas.
For other relevancy, my mother's family is from Michigan through Main and my father's family is from California. I am the first and only south-westerner in my family.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: creek, stream, bayou, brook
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: shopping cart, basket
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: lunch box, lunch pail, lunch bag
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: pan, frying pan, skillet
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: couch, sofa, futon, settee, love seat
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: gutter, rain gutter, storm drain
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: patio, balcony, porch, veranda
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: disgusting Soda (in general, but I call them by name when there is only one), Italian soda, flavored water, ginger ale
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: panini, sub (marine), po boy, hoagie
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: shorts, swim shorts, swim suit, bathing suit, trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports: tennis shoes, walking shoes, running shoes, gym shoes, sneaker
13. Putting a room in order: cleaning, neatening, readying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: firefly, lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: roly poly, pill bug, do-do bug
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, teeter-totter (, a lever)
17. How do you eat your pizza: I pick off the topping, eat them. Sometimes scoop off the sauce with a finger and eating. Then I throw away the bread -- usually to some other horrified person that sees this as wasting it, or to a lovable pet.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: garage sale, yard sale, resale, flea market
19. What's the evening meal?: dinner, supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: basement, bunker, cellar, storage room
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: water fountain, drinking fountain
I'm surprised you didn't ask me how I like my grits, eggs, chips or tea.