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<Insert Name Here> ([personal profile] sheikah) wrote2008-04-08 05:44 pm
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regional saying meme

As reference, I've grown up mostly in Florida and Georgia



Age: 22

Where did you grow up: Um, all over. Mostly Cordele, GA and Tampa, FL

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek.

2. What is the thing you push around the grocery store called.
A buggy.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A lunchbox.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A skillet

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
A couch.

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
A gutter.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
A porch.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda or Coke.

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
A pancake.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
A sub.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
trunks

12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes.

13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
firefly

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.
Seesaw.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
with my hands, unless it's big

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
yard sale

19. What's the evening meal?
supper

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The basement.

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain.

[identity profile] professorohki.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure if this is intended for commenting, but West Coasty opinion here.

Age: 22

Where did you grow up: Bay Area, California

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek


2. What is the thing you push around the grocery store called.
Shopping cart

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
lunch box

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
frying pan (or in my sad case.. wok)

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.
soda

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
pancakfs

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
um, I call it a sandwich

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
swim trunks

12. Shoes worn for sports.
tennis shoes

13. Putting a room in order.
no

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
rolly-polly

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.
seesaw

17. How do you eat your pizza?
in a flurry of carnage OM NOM NOM

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?
we don't have those... but basement

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
water fountain

[identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
You call it a buggy? That's... adorable.