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Apr. 10th, 2008 06:53 pmRegional Dialect Meme
Born in Brooklyn, NY, lived on Long Island until I was 10, been in Texas since with a year and half interval in Ohio when I was 11.
What do you call:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek or stream. I think of creeks as wider.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
shopping cart in general, although I've also used grocery basket.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
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.
rain gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch, although a small one, usually concrete or brick is called a stoop, in the East.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.
Soda. Pop confused the hell out of me in Ohio, I thought I was being offered a popsicle.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub, now, although in NY I used to call it a hero sandwich.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
swim trunks specifically, or bathing suit for the unisex term.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
cleaning up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
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.
see-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
hold it by the crust, fold it lengthwise, eat it. Thin crust NY style only, please. Pizza eaten with a knife and fork, according to my Aunt Josephine from Brooklyn, is a blasphemy.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement, not that there are any here in Houston, as far as I've seen.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
fountain, water or drinking, used interchangeably
22: If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?
diagonal from me. I've never really used terms like kitty or caddy cornered or what have you.
23. What do you call the place where the water comes out of the sink?
Faucet, usually. I think of a spigot as for a hose, usually outside.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, lived on Long Island until I was 10, been in Texas since with a year and half interval in Ohio when I was 11.
What do you call:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek or stream. I think of creeks as wider.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
shopping cart in general, although I've also used grocery basket.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
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.
rain gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch, although a small one, usually concrete or brick is called a stoop, in the East.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.
Soda. Pop confused the hell out of me in Ohio, I thought I was being offered a popsicle.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub, now, although in NY I used to call it a hero sandwich.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
swim trunks specifically, or bathing suit for the unisex term.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
cleaning up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
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.
see-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
hold it by the crust, fold it lengthwise, eat it. Thin crust NY style only, please. Pizza eaten with a knife and fork, according to my Aunt Josephine from Brooklyn, is a blasphemy.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement, not that there are any here in Houston, as far as I've seen.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
fountain, water or drinking, used interchangeably
22: If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?
diagonal from me. I've never really used terms like kitty or caddy cornered or what have you.
23. What do you call the place where the water comes out of the sink?
Faucet, usually. I think of a spigot as for a hose, usually outside.
