okayRegional English Survey...
Stolen from Solitarychele
Age: 26
Where did you grow up: The South
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek... or bayou.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Buggy.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch box.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Skillet.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people
Couch.
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
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swiming trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning
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?
With two hands.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement -- although we don't have many here.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
A water fountain
