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Linguistics Meme
Jul. 3rd, 2010 02:43 pmAge: 24
Where you grew up: Sydney, Australia
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: Trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: fry-pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: lounge
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: porch, verandah
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: soft drink
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancake (though that description could also apply to a crumpet, since they are sometimes round, and often served with honey, and also I usually have lemon and sugar on my pancakes)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: a roll?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Depends on what they are! Men might wear board shorts (the loose type of swimwear that looks like a normal pair of shorts only made of light, quick-drying material), or the Speedo sort, colloquially known as budgie smugglers (this is a budgie)
12. Shoes worn for sports: joggers
13. Putting a room in order: tidying up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: firefly
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: with my hands, pointy end first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: I guess that would be a basement? But I have never met a single person whose house actually had one.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places? Bubbler
Where you grew up: Sydney, Australia
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: Trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: fry-pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: lounge
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: porch, verandah
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: soft drink
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: pancake (though that description could also apply to a crumpet, since they are sometimes round, and often served with honey, and also I usually have lemon and sugar on my pancakes)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: a roll?
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Depends on what they are! Men might wear board shorts (the loose type of swimwear that looks like a normal pair of shorts only made of light, quick-drying material), or the Speedo sort, colloquially known as budgie smugglers (this is a budgie)
12. Shoes worn for sports: joggers
13. Putting a room in order: tidying up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: firefly
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: with my hands, pointy end first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: I guess that would be a basement? But I have never met a single person whose house actually had one.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places? Bubbler
