12.17.2003
8:24 a.m.
WHAT DO YOU CALL?
Okay, I was going to do this after leftunspoken did it, and then I was going to do it after trancejen did it, but now I'm really going to do it after the Diva did it. Yes, I am a follower.
WHAT DO YOU CALL...
The basics: Been a Michigander all my life.
A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: A creek.
What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: A cart.
A metal container to carry a meal in: A lunchbox.
The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: A frying pan.
The piece of furniture that seats three people: A couch.
The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: Gutters.
The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: The porch.
Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Soda (Spent too much time in Chicago for a few years)
A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancakes.
A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: A sub.
The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Swim trunks.
Shoes worn for sports: Tennis shoes.
Putting a room in order: What? What is this "putting a room in order" that you speak of? I'm afraid I'm not familiar. LOL Just ask my husband...I'm a slob.
A flying insect that glows in the dark: Lightning bug.
The little insect that curls up into a ball: Roly Poly bug
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 teeter totter
How do you eat your pizza? From the tip to the crust
What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage sale.
What's the evening meal? Dinner.
The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement.
What word(s) do you use to address a group of two or more people? You guys
Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?" No.
Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?" No.
Modals are words like "can," "could," "might," "ought to," and so on. Can you use more than one modal at a time? (e.g., "I might could do that" to mean "I might be able to do that"; or "I used to could do that" to mean "I used to be able to do that") Not in a million years
Does saying something costs "A Buck Forty Eleven" count? What the hell does that mean? Who on Earth would say that?
What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road? Ummm...that grassy area between the sidewalk and the road?
What do you call the area of grass that occurs in the middle of some streets? Median (which would mean it's called XXXXXX Boulevard)
What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway? The median.
What do you call the drink made with milk and ice cream? A milkshake.
What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)? Crawfish
What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? A daddy long-legs.
What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother? Grandma
What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?) Grandma
What do/did you call your maternal grandfather? Grandpa
Paternal grandfather? Grandpa
What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners? Dust bunnies
What term do you use to refer to something that is across both streets from you at an intersection (or diagonally across from you in general)? Kitty corner
What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car? Doing doughnuts.
What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect? Scrap paper
What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on? Freeway = has stoplights or highway = no stoplights.
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? Wacky?
When you are cold, and little points of skin begin to come on your arms and legs, you have: Goosebumps.
What do you call the gooey or dry matter that collects in the corners of your eyes, especially while you are sleeping? Eye boogers.
What do you call an easy course? Cake
What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point? I have no idea. I think I would proabably freak out if I ever came across one.
What is the thing that women use to tie their hair? A scrunchy or hair tie.
Do you use the word cruller? Don't really have much opportunity to.
Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry? Yes. They have them at Panera. They are DELICIOUS.
What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)? Duck-footed.
Can you call coleslaw "slaw"? No
What do you call the box you bury a dead person in? Coffin.
Do you say "vinegar and oil" or "oil and vinegar" for the type of salad dressing? Vinegar and oil
What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly? A California lane change
When you stand outside with a long line of people waiting to get in somewhere, are you standing "in line" or "on line" (as in, "I stood ___ in the cold for two hours before they opened the doors")? In line.
Do you say "frosting" or "icing" for the sweet spread one puts on a cake? Frosting.
What is "the City"? Where I live.
What is the distinction between dinner and supper? It's the same thing...an evening meal...just depends on what part of the country you're in.
Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass? Mow the lawn.
Do you pass in homework or hand in homework? Turn in.
What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water? A waterbug.
What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school? Water fountain.
What do you call a public railway system (normally underground)? the subway
What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper? Toilet papering.
What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road? Rubberneckers.
What vowel do you use in bag? Short a.
What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store? Bag.
What do you call the night before Halloween? Devil's Night
What do you call the end of a loaf of bread? The butt. (Stop laughing!)
What do you call a point that is purely academic, or that cannot be settled and isn't worth discussing further? Moot.
How do you pronounce the -sp- sequence in "thespian" (the word meaning "actor")? Thess-pian
What do you call a drive-through liquor store? Umm...silly?
What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home? Takeout.
What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car? Shotgun!
What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way? Gaping? Lusting? I'll have to try it and get back to you.
Do you say "expecially", or "especially"? Especially.
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