Local Terminology Meme
Jul. 17th, 2007 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sidAfter 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
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
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Date: Jul. 18th, 2007 12:22 pm (UTC)Lots of things that seem fictional really do exist in the South. Like supper, ghosts, and fried green tomatoes for example. ;)