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phosfateDialect meme, nicked from polly.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
A creek (prounounced "crick") or stream.
2. What's the thing you push around the grocery store supermarket?
A cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
I don't cook bacon and eggs, but I assume you mean a 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?
Gutters.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
The porch. Unless it's in back, in which case it's the patio.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Pop, soda, or soda pop.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancakes.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A sub or hoagie.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Swimsuit.
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning, straightening up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly.
15. The little insect arthropod 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?
Point first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
A garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The basement or the downstairs (if finished).
21. An unusually heavy rain which does not last long.
Holy crap look at that! (If unusually dark and heavy, the Apocalypse. One is permitted to sing The Doors' "The End.")
22. A window covering on rollers that pulls down.
Blinds.
23. A new, limited access, multi-lane road.
The Interstate.
24. Heavy garments worn for work.
What kind of garments? What kind of work?!? AAAAAAIIIIIEEEEE.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
A creek (prounounced "crick") or stream.
2. What's the thing you push around the grocery store supermarket?
A cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
I don't cook bacon and eggs, but I assume you mean a 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?
Gutters.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
The porch. Unless it's in back, in which case it's the patio.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Pop, soda, or soda pop.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancakes.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A sub or hoagie.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Swimsuit.
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Tennis shoes.
13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning, straightening up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly.
15. The little insect arthropod 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?
Point first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
A garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The basement or the downstairs (if finished).
21. An unusually heavy rain which does not last long.
Holy crap look at that! (If unusually dark and heavy, the Apocalypse. One is permitted to sing The Doors' "The End.")
22. A window covering on rollers that pulls down.
Blinds.
23. A new, limited access, multi-lane road.
The Interstate.
24. Heavy garments worn for work.
What kind of garments? What kind of work?!? AAAAAAIIIIIEEEEE.
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Dialect
Date: 2003-12-05 07:24 am (UTC)Re: Dialect
Date: 2003-12-05 07:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-05 07:30 am (UTC)Tennis shoes.
SURELY YOU MEAN PADDYWHOMPERS.
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Date: 2003-12-05 09:48 am (UTC)Icon
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you have better insect names
Date: 2003-12-05 08:28 am (UTC)Re: you have better insect names
Date: 2003-12-05 08:36 am (UTC)The ones I hate are Junebugs, which congregate in large milling groups by the back door in summertime and, for reasons known only to themselves, like to leap on and cling to you. (I'm told that in more rural areas of the state, they're called 'Democrats.')
Re: you have better insect names
Date: 2003-12-05 09:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-09 11:18 pm (UTC)