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urocyonThe further I went into this, the more appropriate March of the Monoculture seemed as a subtitle.
Where did you grow up? - Southern West Virginia/New River Valley in Southwest Virginia.
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? - Creek or branch [1], depending on size. It can also be smaller than the average creek but still be called a river if it eventually turns river-sized (e.g., the James or Roanoke), which I found very confusing as a child.
2. The thing you push around the grocery store? - (Grocery) buggy or shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? - Lunchbox. Dinner bucket if you're one set of grandparents.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? - Skillet.
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.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? - Porch. Especially if you live close to any of the bodies of water mentioned in the first item, you probably want a screened porch in summer.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? - Pop, or specific names. The specific (and icky) 'Cream Soda' seems to be a near-exception.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? - A biscuit like a hockey puck? People put some amazing things on even good ones. A pancake is probably what's expected, and also good with preserves. :)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? - Sub, fully imported.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? - Swimming trunks if you're my parents, bathing suit (as also used for women's) if you're my grandparents.
12. Shoes worn for sports? - Tennis shoes. (Sneakers if you're my mother.)
13. Putting a room in order? - Cleaning (up).
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? - Lightning bug.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? - Pillbug.
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? Teeter-totter. As likely to use see-saw now.
17. How do you eat your pizza? - With as much cheese as will possibly stay on it. If my grandmother is making it, with as many foodlike items--frequently including sliced weenies--as will fit on there, though I would not recommend this practice. (The smoked sausage isn't as bad as it sounds, though.) Held flat, crust last.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? - Yard sale, for the majority. Garage sale, if most of the stuff is actually inside.
19. What's the evening meal? - Supper. Dinner used to be the main meal (on farms, particularly) earlier in the day--largely replaced by the harsh-sounding 'lunch', at this point--but has crept into some usage for the later meal. Older people still ask you to stay for dinner or supper, depending on time of day.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? - Basement, though it wouldn't contain a 'rec room'. More likely a 'den' or, with some younger people, the irritating 'family room'. (Are the others designated non-family?)
[1] Please ignore the occasional lunatic's reference--branch water is not your friend, with whiskey or otherwise. Do yourself a favor and head for one of the springs feeding the branch. :) (No, I didn't get, "Do not drink from $BODY_OF_WATER!" repeatedly drilled into me, with explanations involving cow pastures, dead animals[2], and the like. Erk.)
[2] a.k.a. "Something I'm not sure how to write, but seems an awful lot like a slight shifting of cairbh," to bring it a bit closer to topic. Rarely heard anymore. (Do not want to think about 'render' in this context. No.)
Where did you grow up? - Southern West Virginia/New River Valley in Southwest Virginia.
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? - Creek or branch [1], depending on size. It can also be smaller than the average creek but still be called a river if it eventually turns river-sized (e.g., the James or Roanoke), which I found very confusing as a child.
2. The thing you push around the grocery store? - (Grocery) buggy or shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? - Lunchbox. Dinner bucket if you're one set of grandparents.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? - Skillet.
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.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? - Porch. Especially if you live close to any of the bodies of water mentioned in the first item, you probably want a screened porch in summer.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? - Pop, or specific names. The specific (and icky) 'Cream Soda' seems to be a near-exception.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? - A biscuit like a hockey puck? People put some amazing things on even good ones. A pancake is probably what's expected, and also good with preserves. :)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? - Sub, fully imported.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? - Swimming trunks if you're my parents, bathing suit (as also used for women's) if you're my grandparents.
12. Shoes worn for sports? - Tennis shoes. (Sneakers if you're my mother.)
13. Putting a room in order? - Cleaning (up).
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? - Lightning bug.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? - Pillbug.
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? Teeter-totter. As likely to use see-saw now.
17. How do you eat your pizza? - With as much cheese as will possibly stay on it. If my grandmother is making it, with as many foodlike items--frequently including sliced weenies--as will fit on there, though I would not recommend this practice. (The smoked sausage isn't as bad as it sounds, though.) Held flat, crust last.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? - Yard sale, for the majority. Garage sale, if most of the stuff is actually inside.
19. What's the evening meal? - Supper. Dinner used to be the main meal (on farms, particularly) earlier in the day--largely replaced by the harsh-sounding 'lunch', at this point--but has crept into some usage for the later meal. Older people still ask you to stay for dinner or supper, depending on time of day.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? - Basement, though it wouldn't contain a 'rec room'. More likely a 'den' or, with some younger people, the irritating 'family room'. (Are the others designated non-family?)
[1] Please ignore the occasional lunatic's reference--branch water is not your friend, with whiskey or otherwise. Do yourself a favor and head for one of the springs feeding the branch. :) (No, I didn't get, "Do not drink from $BODY_OF_WATER!" repeatedly drilled into me, with explanations involving cow pastures, dead animals[2], and the like. Erk.)
[2] a.k.a. "Something I'm not sure how to write, but seems an awful lot like a slight shifting of cairbh," to bring it a bit closer to topic. Rarely heard anymore. (Do not want to think about 'render' in this context. No.)
