Regional American English meme
[seen on a bunch of LJs]
Age: 39. Honest.
Where did you grow up: NJ - mostly Cape May.
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.a A stream.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called. A shopping cart. (I used to call that store a "food store" but got made fun of when I moved to Colorado.)
3. A metal container to carry a meal in. A lunch box.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in. A frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people. A couch.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof. A gutter.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening. The porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages. Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup. A pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself. A hoagie.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach. Bathing suit.
12. Shoes worn for sports. Sneakers.
13. Putting a room in order. Tidying.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark. A 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. A seesaw.
17. How do you eat your pizza? From the point to the crust. Usually held in my hand unless it's too hot and I'm too hungry.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? A yard sale.
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? A basement.
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Ok, I agree on all except #15 - it's a ROLEY-POLEY!
This was pretty cool! There's other neat regional stuff at this site (I don't remember where I first found it). And I have friends who spent most of their summers (from the mid 1970s on up) in Cape May - I think they ran a consignment store - but they lived the rest of the year in FL. And they'd be around your age. Ring any bells?