Colloquialisms

[tealin]

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
stream, creek if I know it well

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
shopping cart (unless I've been reading Reaper Man or Johnny and the Bomb when it becomes a trolley)

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 ... or downspout? Depending which part.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch in the front, patio in the back

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
soda (called it 'pop' all through growing up and in Canada but it took literally two days to switch to 'soda' here. This is slightly puzzling, because I thought 'soda' was an east-of-the-Mississippi thing...?)

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
sneakers, runners (depending who I've been hanging out with)

13. Putting a room in order.
tidying

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
roly poly (Because this is so region-specific I'm trying to train myself to say 'wood louse.' Still no one knows what I'm talking about but at least it's official.)

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?
From the tip to the crust, in my hands.

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


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1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Jordan 'River' (Utah reference)

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Aargh Doesn't Steer Straight Stupid Thing

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A car (what, me, takeout? I've never had takeout before in my life.)

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

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Bench

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

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

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

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Hash brown patty

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

12. Shoes worn for sports
Smelly

13. Putting a room in order.
Infrequent and Long Overdue

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Radioactive

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
The rare and elusive Hedgehog 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.
A liability

17. How do you eat your pizza?
Take a bite and chew.

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

19. What's the evening meal?
Bolt leftovers.

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

Comments

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Mine are about the same as yours, so I'll just post the ones that are different:

6. Eavestrough, sometimes downspout as well depending on which part I'm talking about.

8. Pop

15. Pill bug or potato bug.

16. Teeter-totter.

17. Same as you, except I don't like crusts. :)

18. Garage sale only if it's in their garage or on the driveway, otherwise I'll probably call it a yard sale, 'cos it's all over their lawn.

19. Dinner and supper are interchangeable, in my book.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I actually read once that 'dinner' is supposed to denote the largest meal of the day, be it midday or evening, whereas 'supper' is always the evening meal. I don't know how official this is, but it was interesting.

[chainedwind.livejournal.com]

There was that bit in "Hogfather" when one of the wizards is complaining about how (I think) the Dean was so rich as a kid that he ate dinner at night instead of at noon like everyone else.

I always thought it was just a regional thing.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I think 'dinner' for lunch is a rural thing; I've encountered it in books set in England, Canada, and the US but always in a farming setting. It makes sense; if you're out working in the fields it's probably best to eat a large lunch to keep you going until nightfall.

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think mealtimes and their largeness depend on where you are. My friend was going on about meal times in Ireland when he was there with his relatives, and it's apparently different in Korea as well, according to a Korean friend. But for me, I kind of just eat however much at whatever meal, so I call it whatever too. :) I'd get confused if it got too specific in my little world. 8D

[chainedwind.livejournal.com]

True. What would make non-farmers eat it at night, though?

Just guessing, but...

[(Anonymous)]

Non-farmers tend to get up later, so we need more food to see us through the night. Plus, we probably also go to bed later, and it's harder to sleep on a fuller stomach.

[kittyjimjams.livejournal.com]

I'm from the South of England (Hertforshire) but live in the North (Yorkshire).

At home, Lunch was a midday meal and Dinner was an evening meal.
Up here, Dinner is a midday meal and Tea is an evening meal.

As a general rule, the South of England is wealthier and percieved as posher, so I think lunch and dinner are also considered more formal terms.

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

Snarky is MUCH more entertaining and revealing. #19 was my favorite. I really did LOL.

[sunnyelf778.livejournal.com]

LOL at Snarky #1. I've driven over the Jordan "River" so many times and each time I wonder how they get off calling it a river! More like a trickle...

[iseepurplehair.livejournal.com]

The ones that are different for me wold be 5, a sofa, 18, a yard sale, and to some extent 21, as Portland has fancy water fountains (http://www.portlandonline.com/WATER/index.cfm?c=ecdei).

[phonixa.livejournal.com]

19. What's the evening meal?
Bolt leftovers

SNARKY.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

And yet ... oh so true.

[kittyjimjams.livejournal.com]

I stole! I stole! (http://kittyjimjams.livejournal.com/26038.html?#cutid1)

An interesting meme - thank you. :)

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

I just recently discovered that those things I always thought of as pill bugs or roly-polies are actually wood lice. Kind of gives you a completely different perspective on them.

By the by, did you check out that video I linked to in your last entry?

[beckychan.livejournal.com]

Mine are bascially just like yours with a few exceptions:

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
soda (always has been)

12. Shoes worn for sports
sneakers, tennis shoes/tennies

13. Putting a room in order.
tidying or straightening up

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
sow bug (though I'll also accept roly poly and pill 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

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

19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner

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

[lync180.livejournal.com]

8. is also called a fizzy drink

[jeminisoul.livejournal.com]

8.) = Soft drink for me
Also drainpipe, sofa, and crust then the main part :D.

I love your snarky one though. It brightened up my evening.