| Regional Dialect Meme |
[12 May 2008|03:37am] |
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream? Lake? Pond? Oh, is this for creek? I think my dad says crick.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping Cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A frying pan. I guess. I don't cook.
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.
Patio
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage.
Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Hoagie
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Bathing suit. I don't say anything gender specific.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers.
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning it? Sometimes I say straightening it up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
I used to say lightning bug, but I trained myself to say firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
I don't have a name for it...
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.
seesaw!
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Fold it, then bite.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain.
22: If something is diagonally located, where is it in relation to you?
Diagonal
23. What do you call the place where the water comes out of the sink?
Faucet (spigots are for outside!)
24. What are the four points of the compass?
North, South, East, West
(I'm gonna add more)
25. What do you call the icy flavored treat that you eat with a spoon that's NOT ice cream?
Water ice!
26. What do you call the tradition at christmas where you pick names out of a hat for gift-giving?
Pollyanna!!!
27. What do you call a nocturnal freshwater crustacean that resembles a small lobster and inhabits streams and rivers? Starts with a Cr...
CRAWDADDY! No, I really say crayfish...
28. What do you call the place where there's sand and the ocean?
Depends where I am. If I'm not THERE, it's the shore. If I'm there, it's the beach.
29. What do you call the article of clothing that covers both legs separately?
PANTS.
30. What do you call female underwear that covers the bottom?
Underwear.
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| Behindage |
[12 May 2008|05:43am] |
Due on Dean's Date, which is Tuesday:
Physics essay, 5-6 pages, by 12 noon.
Status: not started, not even thought about, but I DO have a very vague topic! 1% done.
Music Theory take-home final consisting of chord analysis, form analysis, and commentary, by 5 pm.
Status: I wrote over 3000 words in commentary. I just cannot stop myself. It's about 85% done.
Baroque music essay, ~15 pages, by 5 pm.
Status: Well, uh, I have an 8 page very rough draft and right now I'm in the process of extracting important sections from all of my sources so that I can incorporate them later. 50% done.
My dean's date is about average for workload, it seems. Before, I always had less because I was in more Examy classes. This time, I only have two final exams. luckily a WEEK away from dean's date so I have time to recharge.
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