2:03 am
Monday
Apr 12
US regional dialect meme
filed under: memes
from Glimpse of a Grrl’s meme archives
Age:
thirty-one
Where did you grow up:
Birmingham, Alabama
WHAT DO YOU CALL…
A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
creek
The thing you push around the grocery store?
shopping cart
A metal container to carry a meal in?
lunch box
The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
frying pan
The piece of furniture that seats three people?
sofa
The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
rain gutter
The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
porch
Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
coke
A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancake
A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
sub sandwich
The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
bathing suit
Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes
Putting a room in order?
tidy
A flying insect that glows in the dark?
lightning bug
The little insect that curls up into a ball?
rolypoly
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?
seesaw
How do you eat your pizza?
depends on the thickness of the crust and how gooey it is ? usually by hand starting at the point
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
Interesting site about how different regions pronounce words

