That Dialect Thing

[ithildin]

Been meaning to do this for ages...



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

Creek, stream, or brook

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

Shopping cart, cart

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.

Lunch box

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

Frying pan or skillet

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.

Sofa, couch, or chesterfield

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.

Porch, veranda, deck, patio

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.

Soda, soda pop, soft drink

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.

Trunks, shorts, swimsuit

12. Shoes worn for sports.

Sneakers, tennis shoes, runners, running shoes

13. Putting a room in order.

Hell! Oh, never mind [g] Tidying, straightening, cleaning up

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.

Firefly

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

Pill bug or 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.

See-Saw or teeter totter

17. How do you eat your pizza?

With my mouth [g]

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

Garage sale, rummage sale, yard sale.

19. What's the evening meal?

Dinner, 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?

Water fountain

22. If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?

Kitty-corner

23. What do you call the place where the water comes out of the sink?

Faucet or tap

Comments

[lara-everlong.livejournal.com]

i eat my pizza with my mouth too, imagine that!

these are always so interesting, although i've been trying to figure out what other names a shopping cart might have and i haven't come up with anything...

Another mouth eater ::g::

[yarrow-blue.livejournal.com]

I love the Brit terms for things. Like lift (elevator), to let (to rent), heck, any alternate term I usually love. Even local slang stuff like crib (where you live) and bling (flashy jewelry). We don't call it kitty-corner, btw, but catty-corner. My mom says her mom and step-dad said that when she was growing up and I'd never heard differently. Apparently in parts of the U.S. they call soda "pop" and in Boston, Mass. a liquor store is a package or packie store. I *know* I know tons more alternate words/phrases, but this was all I can come up with at the moment. Just as well, as I don't want to drive anyone nuts. Right now. ::eg::


My mom said something to me a few years back that cracked me up. Apparently she got it from her step-dad. She said something was, "Softer than a she-mouse's belly." ::giggles::

[jerel.livejournal.com]

Shopping carts are called buggies in some places. Can't think of where--I'm pretty sure it was the Deep South. It was one of the choices in this online quiz I took once.

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Grocery cart

[robi-travels.livejournal.com]

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.

Soda, soda pop, soft drink

We call it tonic.

Roberta

[robi-travels.livejournal.com]

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

Water fountain


This one is a bubbler - pronounced "bub-bla!"

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I knew there was something else I called it!

[det-munch.livejournal.com]

I like these sorts of things too, most of the stuff is the same for me but here are some minor differences-

5. Chesterfield-I don't use it since it (for me) refers to a specific style)
8. For a loooong time I actually called it Coke-no matter what the brand.
15. pill bug or rolly polly-I always thought potato bugs were big ugly things
18. I grew up in California where I knew them as yard or garage sales-when I moved to the east coast I found tag sale was the word most often used.
21. I call it a drinking fountain usually-when I think of water fountain I think of the things in parks or sometimes smaller ones in your house or yard that spurt water.

Re: Another mouth eater ::g::

[det-munch.livejournal.com]

I'm in the US and I know I've seen Package store around, I think it's more common on the east coast but also depends where you are, I'm now in upstate NY and I generally see it as liquor store.

Re: Another mouth eater ::g::

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I've heard the term package store as well. Seems to pop up in places with state run liquor stores. They use that term in Utah for the small state licensed outlets as opposed to the main state run stores.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Chesterfield seems to be a Canadian thing. At least, that's what I grew up with my mum/grandparents/etc... calling it [g] My English is an odd mix of California/British Columbia/UK . Sometimes I have to stop and remember which dialect I'm supposed to be using depending on who I'm talking to!

Duh Me! Yes, I use drinking fountain too. I need reminding sometimes :)

[det-munch.livejournal.com]

it's odd how things can vary simply depending on what part of the country you're from too. Like I spent 14 years in Southern California, 4 in Connecticut and I've been in upstate NY for bout 5-6 years so I've noticed and picked up minor variations of words and such

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I was born in CA to Canadian parents, my great aunt and uncle were from England, and they lived here as well. Throw in my grandparents, also from England, and living half my young life in Victoria, I'm all over the place. We moved back to CA when I was in my early twenties.