Regional dialect meme via florence_craye
Regional dialect meme
What do you call:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
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
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
couch (my parents and grandparents say Chesterfield)
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
gutter or drainpipe
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
front porch
8. A carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage?
pop or soda (I started saying soda because so many of my friends are American)
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?
swim shorts
12. Shoes worn for sports?
runners (sneakers when i'm around my American friends)
13. Putting a room in order?
cleaning up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
woodbug
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
17. How do you eat your pizza?
by the slice
18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale
19. The evening meal?
dinner or supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement
21. The thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
water fountain
22. If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?
kitty corner or diagonal
23. The place where the water comes out of the sink?
tap