linguistics is fun
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coraaThis is more fun if you figure out your own answers first before you look at mine, FYI.
Data point: My mom's a Californian, my dad's from Washington DC, and we moved around a lot. I was raised in, well, hm. Age 0-2, Augsburg, Germany (no day-care or anything, so linguistic influences mostly from family); 2-4, Fort Ord, California; 4-9, Patrick Henry Village, Heidelburg, Germany (army base, which means interaction with kids from literally all over the country, including other rootless brats like me); 9-10, Silver Springs, Maryland; 10-18, Moscow, Idaho.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
13. Putting a room in order.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
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.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
19. What's the evening meal?
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks
Creek (pronounced to rhyme with 'seek') or stream, interchangeably.
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.
Frying pan
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.
Oh, it depends. Porch (front or back) if it's fairly narrow, not very high off the ground, and completely covered. Deck if it's wider, in the back, and may be higher off the ground but doesn't have to be; doesn't need to be completely covered. Patio if it's in the back and hardly raised at all.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake!
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swim trunks. Unless, yanno, it's a speedo.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Running shoes. Or tennis shoes, but those are a different kind of shoe.
13. Putting a room in order.
Tidying.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly.
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.
Seesaw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Out of the hand, point-first. Only with knife and fork if it's unusually floppy, absolutely encrusted with toppings, or very, very hot and I'm too hungry to wait.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale if it's in the yard, garage sale if it's in the garage, yard sale if venue is unspecified.
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?
Drinking fountain.
Data point: My mom's a Californian, my dad's from Washington DC, and we moved around a lot. I was raised in, well, hm. Age 0-2, Augsburg, Germany (no day-care or anything, so linguistic influences mostly from family); 2-4, Fort Ord, California; 4-9, Patrick Henry Village, Heidelburg, Germany (army base, which means interaction with kids from literally all over the country, including other rootless brats like me); 9-10, Silver Springs, Maryland; 10-18, Moscow, Idaho.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
13. Putting a room in order.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
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.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
19. What's the evening meal?
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks
Creek (pronounced to rhyme with 'seek') or stream, interchangeably.
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.
Frying pan
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.
Oh, it depends. Porch (front or back) if it's fairly narrow, not very high off the ground, and completely covered. Deck if it's wider, in the back, and may be higher off the ground but doesn't have to be; doesn't need to be completely covered. Patio if it's in the back and hardly raised at all.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake!
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Sub.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swim trunks. Unless, yanno, it's a speedo.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Running shoes. Or tennis shoes, but those are a different kind of shoe.
13. Putting a room in order.
Tidying.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly.
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.
Seesaw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Out of the hand, point-first. Only with knife and fork if it's unusually floppy, absolutely encrusted with toppings, or very, very hot and I'm too hungry to wait.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale if it's in the yard, garage sale if it's in the garage, yard sale if venue is unspecified.
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?
Drinking fountain.
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Date: 2008-04-08 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-09 06:38 pm (UTC)Yeah, when you say you "do the dishes", I always wonder what, exactly, you are doing to them. Inspecting them afterwards, you are clearly not washing them... :-)
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Date: 2008-04-09 05:11 am (UTC)2) Cart
3) lunchbox
4) skillet
5) couch
6) gutter
7) porch/deck
8) soda
9) pancakes
10) sub
11) swimshorts/swimsuit
12) sneakers
13) cleaning
14) fire fiy
16) see-saw
17) um... in your mouth?
18) garage sale
19) dinner
20) basement
21) drinking fountain