Regionalisms
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lysana
Age: 37
Where did you grow up? San Francisco Bay Area, specifically the Santa Clara Valley
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? Creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store? Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? Lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? 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? Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? Sub (or, "a Togo" based on the place that made the best ones.)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? Swim suit
12. Shoes worn for sports? Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order? Cleaning
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? 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
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? Garage sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement. Except we don't build them here, we have the "crawl space." A ready-made hole for your house to drop into in earthquake country is a bad thing.
lysanaAge: 37
Where did you grow up? San Francisco Bay Area, specifically the Santa Clara Valley
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? Creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store? Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? Lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? 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? Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? Soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? Sub (or, "a Togo" based on the place that made the best ones.)
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? Swim suit
12. Shoes worn for sports? Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order? Cleaning
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? 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
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? Garage sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement. Except we don't build them here, we have the "crawl space." A ready-made hole for your house to drop into in earthquake country is a bad thing.
