Regional English Meme
Got this from ishie's journal. :D
Age: 19
Where you grew up: Mississippi, USA
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: buggy/ shopping buggy
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: lunc
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: sofa
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: gutters
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: po-boy
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: swim shorts
12. Shoes worn for sports: tennis shoes / sneakers
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: see-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza: depends where I get it from. Dominoes I get it flat, Pizza Hut it get it regular and then this "New York" place I get two pieces and shove them together like a sammich.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: yard sale
19. What's the evening meal: Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: basement, but we don't have those down here because of flooding
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: water fountains?
not that many differences after all. :D
Age: 19
Where you grew up: Mississippi, USA
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: buggy/ shopping buggy
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: lunc
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: sofa
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: gutters
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: po-boy
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: swim shorts
12. Shoes worn for sports: tennis shoes / sneakers
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: see-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza: depends where I get it from. Dominoes I get it flat, Pizza Hut it get it regular and then this "New York" place I get two pieces and shove them together like a sammich.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: yard sale
19. What's the evening meal: Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: basement, but we don't have those down here because of flooding
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: water fountains?
not that many differences after all. :D