Regionalism meme
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msmemory_archiveI'm 41, and grew up in Connecticut with parents who were both Pennsylvania natives. I live in Massachusetts now.
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Brook. Sometimes a stream. Never a creek.
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
Shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox. One word.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Sofa usually. Sometimes couch. (A sofa is in the living room, but a couch is in the family room, and you are allowed to put your feet on it, or the dog sleeps on it.)
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
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cellio said, Gutters (horizontal) and downspouts (vertical).
Drainpipes are interior, not exterior.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Soda. It's not a coke unless it's a Coke.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A sub. It's only a grinder if it's hot, and even then that's a variant form of a sub. (You can have a meatball sub, or a meatball grinder, but you can't have a turkey grinder.)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Bathing suit.
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Sneakers. They're all sneakers, whether they're little white tennis shoes or Converse All-Stars or overpriced air-bubbled light-up velcroed running shoes.
13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning up, straightening, or tidying. My mother uses "redd up" within the family, in allusion to the folks she grew up around in south Philly, but she uses it as a joke (and incidentally, means redd up to be heavier cleaning than just straightening the room).
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Lightning bug.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
Beetle
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?
Knife & fork when I can. If implements aren't available, like at the State Fair, then point first, folding it longways in half if necessary.
If it's too limp and oily to eat like that, it's probably too New York Style for me.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale, tag sale, or garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Supper. Dinner is that big heavy midday Sunday meal.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar. Unless it has been renovated and includes a rec room or other living space, then basement. See related "down cellar," as in "take that down cellar and put it away."
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Brook. Sometimes a stream. Never a creek.
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
Shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox. One word.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Sofa usually. Sometimes couch. (A sofa is in the living room, but a couch is in the family room, and you are allowed to put your feet on it, or the dog sleeps on it.)
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
Like
cellio said, Gutters (horizontal) and downspouts (vertical). Drainpipes are interior, not exterior.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Soda. It's not a coke unless it's a Coke.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A sub. It's only a grinder if it's hot, and even then that's a variant form of a sub. (You can have a meatball sub, or a meatball grinder, but you can't have a turkey grinder.)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Bathing suit.
12. Shoes worn for sports?
Sneakers. They're all sneakers, whether they're little white tennis shoes or Converse All-Stars or overpriced air-bubbled light-up velcroed running shoes.
13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning up, straightening, or tidying. My mother uses "redd up" within the family, in allusion to the folks she grew up around in south Philly, but she uses it as a joke (and incidentally, means redd up to be heavier cleaning than just straightening the room).
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Lightning bug.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
Beetle
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?
Knife & fork when I can. If implements aren't available, like at the State Fair, then point first, folding it longways in half if necessary.
If it's too limp and oily to eat like that, it's probably too New York Style for me.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale, tag sale, or garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Supper. Dinner is that big heavy midday Sunday meal.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar. Unless it has been renovated and includes a rec room or other living space, then basement. See related "down cellar," as in "take that down cellar and put it away."
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Date: 2003-12-05 11:17 am (UTC)1. Likely to be a creek.
4. or Skillet (as in cast iron ....)
10. Yes, though I miss Philadelphia cold-cut hoagies
14. Firefly
15. Oooh, I know I've seen these but I can't remember what they're called. To me, a beetle has a hardish shell so it can't curl up. (Probably early VW influence.)
16. Or teeter-totter. Whatever the other person wants to call it, as long as we get to play.
17. If stiff, pick it up with fingers and bite. If a little saggy, roll lengthwise and eat with fingers. (Learned this one in Boston) Knife and fork if nothing else will work. Pizza is too important to waste on my lap, shirt, etc.
19. Dinner now, though my dad patiently explained on more than one occasion that the army (and his mom on the ranch, FWIW) served breakfast, dinner, supper. Dinner is the biggest meal of the day, and right now the one in the evening is the only one I share with anyone.
20. Basement. "Down cellar" hits my ears wrong every time my CT born husband says it.
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Date: 2003-12-08 03:33 pm (UTC)1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
A stream, probably. Maybe a creek, but I think I got that from Jeanne.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Skillet, unless you're cooking on it. Then it's a griddle.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Sofa or couch, and like you it's a distinction by price tag, functionality, and design. Sofas are nice (in condition) and kind of old-fashioned. Couches are modern in design and can be kind of beat up. All of them that fold out are couches -- even though they're called "sleeper sofas".
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
A hero. It's only a grinder if it's in Rhode Island and if I can get grinder sauce on it. But I think they can be hot or cold.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
Pillbug
17. How do you eat your pizza?
I don't eat pizza outside of New York City. id ont' know what the stuff they serve at Bertucci's is, but since I'm not eating it with my hands, it's not pizza.
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 cellar. I think my workshop is in the basement, but we store our wine in the cellar. Despite the fact that they're in the same room.