Y'all come look at this meme
Gacked from connielane and angua9. I love seeing the differences in language among the various regions.
Except for numbers 4, 15 and 19, my answers were identical to angua9's, which I suppose means we Texas girls really do all talk alike.
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
A shopping cart or a grocery cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A pan.
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. Or if it's very large, a patio. But usually a porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Cokes.
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 sandwich.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
A lightning bug.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
A doodle 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.
A see-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Pointy end first. (Twice on this meme I've seen people specify "crust-side down". Does anyone really eat it crust-side up?)
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
A garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
A basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
A water fountain.
Except for numbers 4, 15 and 19, my answers were identical to angua9's, which I suppose means we Texas girls really do all talk alike.
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
A shopping cart or a grocery cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A pan.
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. Or if it's very large, a patio. But usually a porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Cokes.
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 sandwich.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
A lightning bug.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
A doodle 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.
A see-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Pointy end first. (Twice on this meme I've seen people specify "crust-side down". Does anyone really eat it crust-side up?)
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
A garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
A basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
A water fountain.