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How Do You Say...
I stole this from her because it's an easy enough entry to wile away this lazy Sunday evening with. To those of you who I owe email - that's what Mondays are for. WHAT DO YOU CALL... A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks. Creek The thing you push around the grocery store is called. Cart A metal container to carry a meal in. Lunchbox (also, awesome) The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in. Pan The piece of furniture that seats three people. Couch The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof. Gutter The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening. Deck if it's in the back, porch if it's in the front. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages. Pop although my time in the south taught me to say soda instead. The Minnesota in me is coming back. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup. Pancake or, upon occasion, manna from heaven. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself. a sub The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach. trunks or speedos or - if the occasion calls for it - unfortunate Shoes worn for sports. Tennis Shoes unless it's baseball or football or something of that nature, because then they are obviously cleats. Putting a room in order. cleaning up A flying insect that glows in the dark. Lightening Bug or firefly The little insect that curls up into a ball. Inch Worm 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 (did I just date myself?) How do you eat your pizza? with my hands, as God intended What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage Sale, Rummage Sale, or Yard Sale What's the evening meal? Supper The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? Basement What word(s) do you use to address a group of two or more people? "hey guys" or "hey gang" Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?" Probably Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?" Yes, but ironically. Modals are words like "can," "could," "might," "ought to," and so on. Can you use more than one modal at a time? (e.g., "I might could do that" to mean "I might be able to do that"; or "I used to could do that" to mean "I used to be able to do that") Can I? Yes. Would I? Under no circumstances. Ever. What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road? boulevard 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? Shake What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)? A crustacean of the family Astacidae. Unless I'm trying to dumb myself down, then it's called a Crayfish. What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? Daddy Long-Legs What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother? Gram What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?) Grandma. There's a distinction based on my familiarity with the grandmas in question. What do/did you call your maternal grandfather? Gramps paternal grandfather? Grandpa What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners? Dust Bunnies 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)? So, "over there" then? What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car? Lost What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect? scrap paper What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on? highway What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? Sunshower (I love that word) 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? Sleep. As in - "I still have sleep in my eyes." What do you call an easy course? "Rocks for Jocks" - wait no. Um, Fluff. What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point? Round-about What is the thing that women use to tie their hair? Glue. I kid. Rubber Band for my hair (which is not to be confused with rubber band for my mail. Although, truthfully, my hair is too short for rubber bands of any kind now, so I'd be far more likely to ask for a barrett.) Do you use the word cruller? No Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry? No What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)? I'd probably still call them by their name, but say they walk like a duck behind their backs. Can you call coleslaw "slaw"? I can, but generally won't unless I'm talking to a real life hard core southerner. What do you call the box you bury a dead person in? casket Do you say "vinegar and oil" or "oil and vinegar" for the type of salad dressing? I actually say "Ranch, please." What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly? I call it "fucking jackass move" (and thereby make both my mom and grandma very proud) 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"? Wasn't it a tv show? Or a boy band? Or something of that nature? Am I making stuff up now? The Cities (St Paul and Minneapolis) What is the distinction between dinner and supper? There is none, they are easily interchangeable. Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass? mow the lawn Do you pass in homework or hand in homework? I currently do neither. What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water? Ew. Satan incarnate. 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)? The Subway What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper? toilet papering (or "teepeeing" as we called it in my hooligan days) What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road? rubbernecking What vowel do you use in bag? Bay-g. What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store? A Bay-g. See above. What do you call the night before Halloween? October 30 What do you call the end of a loaf of bread? The butt How do you pronounce the word for the type of drug that acts as central nervous system depressant and is used as a sedative or hypnotic? (Please do not look up the word in a dictionary before answering this question.) dude. What? What do you call a point that is purely academic, or that cannot be settled and isn't worth discussing further? dead horse How do you pronounce the -sp- sequence in "thespian" (the word meaning "actor")? Thesp-ian What do you call a drive-through liquor store? Awesome. What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home? Take Out 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? leer? Do you say "expecially", or "especially"? Especially |
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