Comments | megpie71: The local terminology meme

megpie71

The local terminology meme

Jul 17, 2007 05:20

(grabbed from shimere277, but I have a feeling it's going to be popping up everywhere ( Read more... )

meme, memesheep, perth, found elsewhere, australia

Comments 5

Walp, bellatrys July 16 2007, 22:42:09 UTC

it's different depending where in the US you are. So when we moved here to New England from the Southwest, there was a bit of a language barrier for a few of these for me ( ... )

Re: Walp, shimere277 July 17 2007, 00:39:13 UTC

"gutter" here refers to only the things along the streets, afaik that's true over the whole US

I've used gutter my whole life, and I've lived in NYS and Ohio.

Also, I remember using "creek" when I was a child.

shimere277 July 17 2007, 00:41:41 UTC

Reading over yours, I noted that I forgot "creek," "soft drink" and "hotcake" are perfectly acceptable in my neck of the woods.

Really, the greatest differences don't seem to be US/UK/Australia - they seem to be Warm vs. Cold. Consistently, if you don't have a basement/cellar, you probably have pillbugs/roly-polies - and the inverse is true.

sallymn July 17 2007, 01:42:33 UTC

of course, "smaller than a river" is a relative term, particularly here in .au... tell me about it - some places, anything smaller is really just a ditch.

vilakins July 17 2007, 02:21:51 UTC

4. We say 'frypan' too, I just remembered.

7. I wanted to spell it 'verandah' but my spell-checker objected. I think it looks better with an H.

11. ROTFL!