Geek quiz (well, maybe not really)
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darcydodoThis is mildly similar to the exhaustive study done at Harvard last year, in which I participated; but I can't access my answers to that any more, sadly. But the maps obviously include my data, therefore!
Age: 23
Where did you grow up? Los Angeles, CA (with some modification of speech-pattern by time in Oxford, England)
What do I call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
stream, or creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
a shopping cart. Occasionally I'll slip and call it a shopping trolley, but that's purely from England.
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 or a sofa. Interchangeable in my dialect.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
a gutter. Also occasionally call it a drain-pipe.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
We don't have one. But it can be a verandah; the porch is the bit in front, and the back porch is the bit in back, but those are primarily for crossing in accessing the house, not for sitting on.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
soda, or soft-drink. So very much not pop or coke!
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancake (although waffles are flat and round and served with syrup, too, but they have little squares pressed in 'em.)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
a sub(marine), or a grinder. But I'd never actually say grinder, I just understand it and think of it synonymously. Whereas a hoagie, to me, implies something slightly different.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
swimming trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes, or sneakers, or cleats, depending on which they are. I try hard not to say trainers. :)
13. Putting a room in order?
straightening, on the assumption that it's not got things strewn all over the place, in which case it's cleaning. For me, it's always the latter. ;)
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
a firefly. Sadly, we haven't got them on this coast.
15. The little insect (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
a sowbug (though I used to misunderstand it as salbug); secondary terms, potato bug or pill bug. I know they have lots of other names, too, but those are the only ones I grew up with. Incidentally, sowbug seems to be slightly more restricted to my early childhood.
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 seesaw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
I pick it up and start from the pointy end (or non-crust end if it's a rectangle piece).... no knife and fork for me!
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; but it can be supper. But if it's supper, that doesn't make lunch dinner! Except for when I was at camp, because there we had breakfast, dinner, and supper. :)
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
a basement. But we've never had one. It's a crawlspace if it's not big enough to actually walk around in and there isn't a furnace or a rec room. :)
21. A window covering on rollers that pulls down
shades. Can be a blind, I suppose. Sometimes I even say curtain.
22. A new, limited access, multi-lane road
New? Limited access? A multi-lane road is a freeway or highway, depending on speed-limit and whether it goes through towns and has occasional stop-lights; but what's this whole bit about new and limited access?
23. Heavy garments worn for work
overalls? jumpsuit? Not sure precisely what garment is being referred to.
24. The highest grade of gasoline?
Premium, I think.
Edited at 11:00pm 12/7 for another term I remembered
Age: 23
Where did you grow up? Los Angeles, CA (with some modification of speech-pattern by time in Oxford, England)
What do I call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
stream, or creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
a shopping cart. Occasionally I'll slip and call it a shopping trolley, but that's purely from England.
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 or a sofa. Interchangeable in my dialect.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
a gutter. Also occasionally call it a drain-pipe.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
We don't have one. But it can be a verandah; the porch is the bit in front, and the back porch is the bit in back, but those are primarily for crossing in accessing the house, not for sitting on.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
soda, or soft-drink. So very much not pop or coke!
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancake (although waffles are flat and round and served with syrup, too, but they have little squares pressed in 'em.)
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
a sub(marine), or a grinder. But I'd never actually say grinder, I just understand it and think of it synonymously. Whereas a hoagie, to me, implies something slightly different.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
swimming trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes, or sneakers, or cleats, depending on which they are. I try hard not to say trainers. :)
13. Putting a room in order?
straightening, on the assumption that it's not got things strewn all over the place, in which case it's cleaning. For me, it's always the latter. ;)
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
a firefly. Sadly, we haven't got them on this coast.
15. The little insect (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
a sowbug (though I used to misunderstand it as salbug); secondary terms, potato bug or pill bug. I know they have lots of other names, too, but those are the only ones I grew up with. Incidentally, sowbug seems to be slightly more restricted to my early childhood.
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 seesaw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
I pick it up and start from the pointy end (or non-crust end if it's a rectangle piece).... no knife and fork for me!
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; but it can be supper. But if it's supper, that doesn't make lunch dinner! Except for when I was at camp, because there we had breakfast, dinner, and supper. :)
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
a basement. But we've never had one. It's a crawlspace if it's not big enough to actually walk around in and there isn't a furnace or a rec room. :)
21. A window covering on rollers that pulls down
shades. Can be a blind, I suppose. Sometimes I even say curtain.
22. A new, limited access, multi-lane road
New? Limited access? A multi-lane road is a freeway or highway, depending on speed-limit and whether it goes through towns and has occasional stop-lights; but what's this whole bit about new and limited access?
23. Heavy garments worn for work
overalls? jumpsuit? Not sure precisely what garment is being referred to.
24. The highest grade of gasoline?
Premium, I think.
Edited at 11:00pm 12/7 for another term I remembered
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Date: 2003-12-07 08:43 pm (UTC)number 22
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Date: 2003-12-08 06:16 am (UTC)Thanks.