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 01:09 pm (UTC)#12. Tennie-rompers! How frivolous they sound!
#9. I think you're the first person I've seen who didn't answer "pancakes".
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Date: Jul. 18th, 2007 09:47 pm (UTC)*g* Frivolous, yes. I only report the news.
I remember being really confused by the "International House of Pancakes." Because they were FLAPJACKS, goddammit. Or griddlecakes, if you were an effete whacko. We were all pretty sure that the only place you ate pancakes was in *Europe*....
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Date: Jul. 19th, 2007 01:26 am (UTC)My family went every year when I was growing up. A couple of years ago, someone gave me a couple of free tickets when I was up there visiting, and my Dad and I went. It was all very nostalgic, even though the venue had changed.
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Date: Jul. 19th, 2007 01:33 am (UTC)