Meme: Dialects
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deathpixieI come across clash of dialects all the time, living in a country that isn't the one I was born and raised in, so this looked like fun. Grabbed from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping trolley.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Weird. *grins* Aussie lunchboxes are plastic, not metal.
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.
Porch or verandah.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soft drink.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Roll. As in "salad roll" or "hot chicken roll".
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimmers, bathers, togs or Speedo.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers or runners.
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Nothing - I don't think we have them.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Slater.
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.
See-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Hands. Except if it's a gormet one covered with rocket salad, and then it's knife and fork by necessity.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale or trash and treasure.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner or tea.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar, although we don't frequently have them in Australia - they're a specifically designed thing rather than a matter of course.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Tap. *grins* Water fountain.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Shopping trolley.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Weird. *grins* Aussie lunchboxes are plastic, not metal.
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.
Porch or verandah.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soft drink.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Roll. As in "salad roll" or "hot chicken roll".
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimmers, bathers, togs or Speedo.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers or runners.
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Nothing - I don't think we have them.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Slater.
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.
See-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Hands. Except if it's a gormet one covered with rocket salad, and then it's knife and fork by necessity.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale or trash and treasure.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner or tea.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar, although we don't frequently have them in Australia - they're a specifically designed thing rather than a matter of course.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Tap. *grins* Water fountain.
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Date: 2008-04-03 04:45 pm (UTC)Nothing - I don't think we have them.
Weird! According to the internet, Australia does have fireflies in the wetter areas. But the UK doesn't. How odd.
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Date: 2008-04-03 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-03 05:12 pm (UTC)They tend to exist in more humid regions. California, for example, does not have them. But they were plentiful in Virginia and Kansas.
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Date: 2008-04-04 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-04 01:26 pm (UTC)Weird. *grins* Aussie lunchboxes are plastic, not metal.
It's weird, I don't recall seeing metal lunchboxes in common use either (mostly plastic or paper bags) -- most of the ones I've seen have been either vintage stuff or gimick stuff. IIRC JB used/s one in lieu of a purse, and I've seen a couple girls with that habit. :)
I'm gonna have to remember "slater" for pillbug, though. That was a new one on me.