Language #85

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What do you call a.....


A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks:

River. Hell, we have a couple lagoons here we call rivers.

The thing you push around the grocery store is called:

Shopping cart

A metal container to carry a meal in:

Lunchbox.

The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in:

Frying pan.

The piece of furniture that seats three people:

Couch, or sofa.

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:

Porch.

Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages:

Coke. (It's a Florida thing.)

A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup:

Pancakes. Or "flapjacks" when you're trying to sound like a hip outdoorsy kinda person but really you're a dork.

A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself:

Sub, or sandwich.

The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach:

Bathing suit.

Shoes worn for sports:

Tennis shoes.

Putting a room in order:

My people do not know this concept.

A flying insect that glows in the dark:

Firefly. Not lightning bug. NO. WRONG. DO NOT SAY THAT OR I WILL KILL YOU.

The little insect that curls up into a ball:

Rolly-poly.

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:

See-saw.

A children's game where everyone sits in a circle while one child runs around touching the other kids on the head until choosing one to be "it."

Never heard of it.

What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff:

Garage sale.

What's the evening meal:

Dinner. Or supper. Pretty interchangeable.

The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are:

That would be Hell. Or an underground river. (Florida: What the heck is a basement?!)

What word(s) do you use to address a group of two or more people:

Y'all, a contraction of You and All.

Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?":

WTF?

Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?":

*looks down in shame* Yes.

Modals are words like "can," "could," "might," "ought to," and so on. Can you use more than one modal at a time?

Being as poor as I am, I could. But I don't.

What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road?

Curb? I'm not really sure.

What do you call the area of grass that occurs in the middle of some streets?

Median.

What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway?

Median.

What do you call the drink made with milk and ice cream?

Milkshake.

What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)?

Crawdad? Crayfish? I've never actually had to call one anything.

What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

Daddy Longlegs.

What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother?

Grandma. My paternal grandmother was called "Jamma" by some, but I never could accept it.

What do/did you call your maternal grandfather?

Grandpa.

What nicknames do/did you use for you paternal grandmother?

They weren't nice, she was pretty much totally senile as long as I could remember. Yeah yeah, I'm a bastard. It didn't help that she was a southern Baptist and loved Pat Robertson and Billy Graham.

What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners?

Dust bunnies, or flurries. Usually omg big ass clumps of dust though.

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)?

Over there.

What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?

Doing donuts.

What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect?

Scrap

What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on?

Interstate.

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. My ex-g/f tried to get me to call them crusties, but she was from NJ.

What is the thing that women use to tie their hair?

Scrunchie.

Do you use the word cruller?

Mmm, crullers.

Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry?

Yes.

What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)?

Duck-footed or bow-legged, depending on if I understand the question.

Can you call coleslaw "slaw"?

No.

What do you call the box you bury a dead person in?

Coffin or casket.

Do you say "vinegar and oil" or "oil and vinegar" for the type of salad dressing?

I usually just tell the waiter to give the salad to whoever I'm eating with.

What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly?

Reckless?

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"?

Orlando. Usually O-town.

Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass?

Cut the grass, mow the lawn.

Do you pass in homework or hand in homework?

Ahahahahahaha!

What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water?

Bug.

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)?

Subway.

What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper?

TP'ing.

What do you call the night before Halloween?

October 30th.

What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?

I don't.

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")?

Huh?

What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home?

Carry out. Or take out, if it's chinese.

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?

Leering. And I love to do that.

Do you say "expecially", or "especially"?

Especially. Do people actually say "exspecially?" iawtc


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