the dialect meme

I’ve seen this one all over everything. Whee, meme!

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
A shopping cart.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A lunch pail.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A skillet or frying pan.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
A couch. Unless it pulls out into a bed. Then it’s a davenport.

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
The rainspout.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Veranda.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Coke. I’m dead serious. Question number one: You want a Coke? Question number two: What kind? We got Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, and ginger ale.

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 they’re quite wee. ::shudders:: Those are speedos, regardless of who makes them. If they’re extremely wee, they’re marble bags.

12. Shoes worn for sports.
Trainers, tennis shoes.

13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug!

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Doodle bug.

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.
Teeter-totter or seesaw.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
Depends on how thick the crust is and how messy the toppings are.

18. What’s it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
A yard sale.

19. What’s the evening meal called?
Supper.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
What? If you dig a hole under a house in Texas, you will have a swimming pool.

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain, drinking fountain.

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