Local Terminology Meme

[sid]

After comparing the lists of people from Scotland, Louisiana and Canada, I had to give it a go.  Should be a mish-mosh of New York state (where my mother grew up), Wisconsin (where I grew up) and Indiana (where I've lived for 25 years):

1. A flowing body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek (NOT pronounced "crick".  I remember having that fight with my mother when we were visiting her parents *g*)

2. The thing you push around the grocery store:  Cart

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: Rain gutters and downspout

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

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Pop (but when I put it on my shopping list, it's "soda")

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 trunks

12. Shoes worn for sports: Tennies

13. Putting a room in order: Picking up

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: Firefly 

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

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: Teetertotter

17. How do you eat your pizza? Hold it flat, and start at the point

18. When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: Garage sale

19. The evening meal: 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: Bubbler

Comments

[zats-clear.livejournal.com]

thanks...knew it looked wrong!