xydexx: Regional Dialect Meme

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xydexx) wrote,
@ 2008-04-06 01:47:00

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Regional Dialect Meme
Where did you grow up: Westchester County, NY

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping cart.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox.

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.
Gutter.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda.

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Wedge.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Bathing suit.

12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers.

13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug.

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Basketball bug or (more commonly) potato 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.
~~Catapult~~ See-saw.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
By putting it in my mouth, chewing, and swallowing. What a stupid question.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale.

19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement.

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain.

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elric_dewisant
2008-04-06 06:28 am UTC (link)

Where did you grow up:
--Pocatello, Bannock County, (SE) Idaho
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
--Crick.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
--Grocery Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
--Lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
--Frying pan.
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.
--Gutter.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
--Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
--Soda....or Coke. Either will work as a generic term.
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.
--Tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order.
--Cleaning up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
--Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
--Tater 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.
--Teeter-Totter.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
--Point, first. I agree. VERY stupid question.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
--Garage, or Yard Sale. More rarely, though, Rummage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
--Supper.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
--Basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
--Drinking fountain.

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	hartree 2008-04-06 06:42 am UTC (link)
	The problem for me, is that growing up in central Illinois but having parents from far southern Illinois, I vary in what I call things. Sometimes it's a stream, sometimes a creek (pronounced crick, of course. :). Sometimes firefly, sometimes lightning bug, etc. Ditto bags and sacks, etc, etc. I guess I'm just from everywhere and nowhere at all. ;) (Reply to this)

whiffert
2008-04-06 06:55 am UTC (link)

Regional Dialect Meme
Where did you grow up: Squeekelburry

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Home.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Mother.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Hazmat containment vessel.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Fire.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Milking stool.

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Uncle Bruno.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Cesspit.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Undesirable alternative to booze.

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Only for the wealthy.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Breaded Weasel.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Skin.

12. Shoes worn for sports.
flour sacks and twine.

13. Putting a room in order.
Illegal use of explosives.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Midnight snack.

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Granma's special meatball.

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.
The hill with a cliff next to it.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
The darn dog always gets the bits of crust left in the box when we fond one.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Bankruptcy.

19. What's the evening meal?
Rare.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The forbidden underworld.

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Stream (see first question).

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przxqgl
2008-04-06 09:48 am UTC (link)

Regional Dialect Meme
Where did you grow up: all over the goddamed place - buffalo, seattle, peoria (il), and huntsville are the main ones

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
stream, creek or crik.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
shopping cart.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
lunchbox or lunch pail.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
frying pan or griddle.

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.
gutter or downspout.

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

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
soda (i steadfastly refused to call it "coke" even though a lot of my friends did).

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
pancake.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
hoagie or submarine.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
speedo or bathing suit.

12. Shoes worn for sports.
sneakers.

13. Putting a room in order.
cleaning up.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
lightning bug.

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
potato 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.
~~trebuchet~~ see-saw.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
i agree. it is a stupid question, and not only that, but i refuse to answer on the grounds that it may serve to incriminate me.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale (thus "garage sailor").

19. What's the evening meal?
supper or dinner.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement.

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
water fountain.

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growf
2008-04-06 10:55 am UTC (link)

Where did you grow up: Lancashire, England

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Trolley.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
I don't (Lunchboxes are pretty much always plastic).

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.
Gutter.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Fizzy drink (although I tend to call them by their brand names).

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Foreign. Oh, Pancake if you must.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Again, not a UK thing. Probably a Sub since Subway arrived on these shores.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks.

12. Shoes worn for sports.
Trainers.

13. Putting a room in order.
Tidying.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Never seen one. Would probably call it a Firefly.

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Woodlouse.

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?
Triangular slices with fingers, often folded up.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Junk sale (not that I can ever think of it happening).

19. What's the evening meal?
It used to be "Tea" but it's now Dinner.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar (Rec room? Furnace? Do you mean Study and Boiler?)

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Drinking Fountain.

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goldenstallion
2008-04-06 03:38 pm UTC (link)

Whinnyhi.

I just did this one with Tivo. Most things we call the same but the sandwich one is kinda interesting. I always called them hoagie or grinder, which is supposedly an East Coast thing, yet I am mostly from LA growing up and that is what they were called. It was not until I got to the East Coast that I heard submarine or subway or sub, which is where Subway Sandwich and Salad Shop originated I think (pictures on the wall of some restaurants depict East Coast citys and subways. No subways on the West Coast. Weird.

I figured a Brit would call the shopping cart a trolley. Really, no fireflys in GB? They practically infect the East and Midwest US in late Summer but only for a few weeks. Fun to go out into the fields at night they are everywhere flashing and blinking. Dinner was called Tea? Kinda figures. To me, Supper was an early dinner between lunch and dinner. There was also brunch, a late breakfast.

My mom grew up in Colorado and still calls a creek a crick. Dad, from upstate NY, a stream.

Figure just about everybody who speaks English calls a horse a horse. Caballo, Pferd are the only others I know other than Caballus or Hippos.

Steed

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	milepost38 2008-04-06 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Wedge" was the only dialect conflict I encountered when I moved to VA. I asked someone for turkey and cheese on a wedge and they had no idea what I was talking about. Down here they call them subs. Also: I noticed on that dialect website years ago "basketball bug" was pretty much limited to the New York City area where I grew up. (Reply to this)(Parent)

kody_wolf
2008-04-07 07:27 am UTC (link)

WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
a bath tub
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
a kid
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
a bomb case
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
deep fryer
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
a chest
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
a skylight
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
a car
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
pop rock candy
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
a over-hard egg
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
a sausage
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
sunglasses
12. Shoes worn for sports.
flippers
13. Putting a room in order.
a disaster
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
a UFO
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
a rollie pollie
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 Ferris wheel
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Naked
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Adoption
19. What's the evening meal?
Ice Cream
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The Dungeon
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Toliet

(*giggles, and grins evilly)

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