writer_chick...The dialect meme
Age: 47
Where did you grow up (ages 5-15)? Chicago, IL
What do you call...
1. a body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
a creek
2. the thing you push around the grocery store?
a cart
3. a metal container to carry a meal in?
a lunchbox
4. the thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
a frying pan
5. the piece of furniture that seats three people?
a couch
6. the device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
gutters
7. the covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
the porch
8. carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Kool-Aid
9. a flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
a pancake
10. a long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
a submarine
11. the piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
swimsuit
12. shoes worn for sports?
gym shoes
13. putting a room in order?
cleaning it
14. a flying insect that glows in the dark?
lightning bug
15. the little insect that curls up into a ball?
I have no idea...
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?
a teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza?
with a knife and fork, if it's deep dish; otherwise, hold it by a convenient corner and eat it from the other end. (In Chicago, It's not unusual for thin-crust pizza to be cut into squares.)
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
a garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
dinner
20. the thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
the basement
21. an unusually heavy rain which does not last long?
a downpour
22. a window covering on rollers that pulls down?
a shade
23. a new, limited access, multi-lane road?
an expressway
24. heavy garments worn for work?
jeans
25. an area of trees, greater than an acre?
the woods
26. when they ask for paper or plastic they are talking about?
bags
27. girls' lower-half underwear?
panties
28. boys' lower-half underwear?
undershorts
29. the cloth you had when you were little and always slept with, and perhaps sucked your tongue with?
a blanket
30. warm knitted top typically made of wool?
a sweater
Your turn!
