Regional English Poll
Age: 19
Where did you grow up: Regina, Sask, and Calgary, Alberta
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Cart or buggy
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.
eavestrough
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
deck
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
pop
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 shorts
12. Shoes worn for sports.
runners
13. Putting a room in order.
tidying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
slug
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.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
from the pointy end to the crust.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage Sale or yard sale
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?
water Fountain
