Linguistic meme
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gnomi, have a look!
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Stream. Maybe brook.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called?
Shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox. Unless you're talking about stacking Chinese steamer trays.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan, for the eggs. I cook my bacon on a cookie sheet in the oven, it comes out better and doesn't splatter the kitchen.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Couch, 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. Only my Boston grandmother called it tonic.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Sub, or grinder. Usually it's only a grinder if it's meatball. All the rest are subs.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Bathing suit. (And for the love of all that's holy hope it's not a Speedo.)
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Sneakers, or categorizing them specifically by sport. "Trainers" only if I'm writing HP fic.
13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning. Or "digging out from under all the crap."
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
Pillbug.
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?
Hold it in my hand and take bites out of it. If the idiot pizza place has cut it in squares instead of the triangles that Nature intended, I complain loudly and avoid the crustless center pieces.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Tag sale, Garage sale, yard sale. Also, "horrible temptation."
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. Only my very Boston-Irish second grade teacher called it a bubbler.
22. What do you call flashing light on your car that you turn on when you are getting reading to make a turn?
Blinker, or turn signal. The other drivers appear to call them "optional."
ataniell93gnomi, have a look!1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Stream. Maybe brook.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called?
Shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox. Unless you're talking about stacking Chinese steamer trays.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan, for the eggs. I cook my bacon on a cookie sheet in the oven, it comes out better and doesn't splatter the kitchen.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Couch, 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. Only my Boston grandmother called it tonic.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Sub, or grinder. Usually it's only a grinder if it's meatball. All the rest are subs.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Bathing suit. (And for the love of all that's holy hope it's not a Speedo.)
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Sneakers, or categorizing them specifically by sport. "Trainers" only if I'm writing HP fic.
13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning. Or "digging out from under all the crap."
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
Pillbug.
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?
Hold it in my hand and take bites out of it. If the idiot pizza place has cut it in squares instead of the triangles that Nature intended, I complain loudly and avoid the crustless center pieces.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Tag sale, Garage sale, yard sale. Also, "horrible temptation."
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. Only my very Boston-Irish second grade teacher called it a bubbler.
22. What do you call flashing light on your car that you turn on when you are getting reading to make a turn?
Blinker, or turn signal. The other drivers appear to call them "optional."
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Good one!
Date: 2005-05-12 03:24 am (UTC)1. Creek (pronounced "krik")
13. Straightening. "Cleaning" is putting crap away.
15. That creature is unknown to me.
16. Teeter-totter
17. Sometimes as you do, sometimes with a knife and fork; I have no incisors.
18. Garage sale (only).
21. Bubbler. Only former sailors call it the "scuttlebutt".
22. "Signal". "Turn signal" is only used for formal occasions, such as drivers' tests.
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Date: 2005-05-12 12:25 pm (UTC)And we're very similar in terminology (no big surprise there). For your grandmother and Boston-Irish teacher, insert my father. He still says "tonic" and "bubbler" (I say "bubbler" sometimes but not always).
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Date: 2005-05-12 05:41 pm (UTC)differences (slight)
Date: 2005-05-12 05:40 pm (UTC)brook is prefered, by me.
2. of course. you carry baskets, you don't push 'em.
10. they are all grinders, damn it! even if you go to subway.
13. cleaning, but if just a little then "straightening up"
14. Firefly or lightning bug. but i tend more towards firefly.
16. See-saw or a teeter-toter
17. utensils are for weenies. and the crustless slices are the best, infidel!
18. Tag sale, Garage sale, yard sale also estate sale (okay, so my dad does them for people)
19. Dinner or supper
20. Basement or cellar
by the way
Date: 2005-05-12 05:42 pm (UTC)