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So, triva aside, this is one of those "What do you call things where you live" language memes. As a northern transplant to the almost-mostly-sorta south, I tend to have an odd mix of linguistic influences. But these fascinate me, so I'd love to hear your responses, too!
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek or stream, sometimes brook (never crick!)
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping cart or just cart
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.
Sofa when it was in the fancy living room you never sat in, couch when you lounge on it and play games (or loveseat if the 3 are friendly!) Funny thing, I can remember my grandmother calling it the davenport.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutters & downspouts
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub (sometimes hoagie when I was younger, not recently)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
I usually specify by sport i.e.: running shoes, fencing shoes, basketball shoes, etc. (odd, considering I am not very sports-oriented)
13. Putting a room in order.
Pick up, clean up, or straighten
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Sowbug, or potato 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.
Teeter-totter (I don't even know how to spell it, but that's what I grew up calling it! LOL)
17. How do you eat your pizza?
By hand, point first, mostly flat, except for a little bend to keep the goodies from falling off. Not folded!
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale, garage sale, rummage sale (I use these interchangeably, with no real pattern I can discern)
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner
20. The thing under a 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, now. Spent the first 20 years of my life calling it a bubbler, though!
22. The name of the machine that gives you money from your bank account and the card you use to get it out?
ATM for the machine, Debit or ATM card
23. What you ask for at the end of a meal in a restaurant to find out how much you owe?
Check
24. What you store your jumper cables and spare tire in?
Trunk
25. Where you pick up medication?
Pharmacy or Drug Store
26. Where you get water from in the sink?
Faucet
27. The highest setting on your car's lights?
Brights
28. Footwear made up of a sole and a single piece of material that goes across the top of your foot?
Sandals
29. Eggs cooked where the yolk is still liquid?
Runny? I am NOT a fan of eggs, so I generally don't cook them.
So what are your linguistic quirks?
So, triva aside, this is one of those "What do you call things where you live" language memes. As a northern transplant to the almost-mostly-sorta south, I tend to have an odd mix of linguistic influences. But these fascinate me, so I'd love to hear your responses, too!
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek or stream, sometimes brook (never crick!)
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping cart or just cart
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.
Sofa when it was in the fancy living room you never sat in, couch when you lounge on it and play games (or loveseat if the 3 are friendly!) Funny thing, I can remember my grandmother calling it the davenport.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutters & downspouts
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub (sometimes hoagie when I was younger, not recently)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
I usually specify by sport i.e.: running shoes, fencing shoes, basketball shoes, etc. (odd, considering I am not very sports-oriented)
13. Putting a room in order.
Pick up, clean up, or straighten
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Sowbug, or potato 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.
Teeter-totter (I don't even know how to spell it, but that's what I grew up calling it! LOL)
17. How do you eat your pizza?
By hand, point first, mostly flat, except for a little bend to keep the goodies from falling off. Not folded!
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale, garage sale, rummage sale (I use these interchangeably, with no real pattern I can discern)
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner
20. The thing under a 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, now. Spent the first 20 years of my life calling it a bubbler, though!
22. The name of the machine that gives you money from your bank account and the card you use to get it out?
ATM for the machine, Debit or ATM card
23. What you ask for at the end of a meal in a restaurant to find out how much you owe?
Check
24. What you store your jumper cables and spare tire in?
Trunk
25. Where you pick up medication?
Pharmacy or Drug Store
26. Where you get water from in the sink?
Faucet
27. The highest setting on your car's lights?
Brights
28. Footwear made up of a sole and a single piece of material that goes across the top of your foot?
Sandals
29. Eggs cooked where the yolk is still liquid?
Runny? I am NOT a fan of eggs, so I generally don't cook them.
So what are your linguistic quirks?
