leftunspoken's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- being goofy The beautiful Ms. Roboto, included this today and I thought it was fun. Me having such a fondness for words and all and having had such fun with the brilliant Serena about expressions and things like this: WHAT DO YOU CALL... A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks. brook The thing you push around the grocery store is called. shopping cart A metal container to carry a meal in. lunchbox The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in. fryin' pan The piece of furniture that seats three people. sofa 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. porch Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages. cokes (Even when they aren't Coke) A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup. pancake A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself. a sub The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach. trunks Shoes worn for sports. tennies Putting a room in order. straightening up A flying insect that glows in the dark. lightening bug The little insect that curls up into a ball. roly poly. I love them. I used to catch them and play with them for hours when I was little. 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 How do you eat your pizza? flat (not folded) with my hands What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? garage sale What's the evening meal? usually dinner, sometimes 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? y'all Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?" You comin'? Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?" Where you at? or Where arrrrre you? 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") never What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road? never had a name for it, always considered it part of our yard 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? the break 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)? nasty. no seriously...no idea. 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? Grandmary What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?) didn't have one What do/did you call your maternal grandfather? Granddaddy paternal grandfather? didn't have one What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners? dustbunnies 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)? cat-a-corner What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car? ??? What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect? scratch 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? living in the desert 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. like you have sleep in your eyes. What do you call an easy course? easy i guess 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? frightening. really i've never seen anything like that. What is the thing that women use to tie their hair? usually 'pony' or sometimes 'scrunchie' Do you use the word cruller? yes Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry? yeah, the ones that look like little bear paws What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)? duck-footed Can you call coleslaw "slaw"? no 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? oil and vinegar What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly? cutting me off 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? icing What is "the City"? where I live What is the distinction between dinner and supper? supper is informal and also frequently earlier Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass? mow the lawn Do you pass in homework or hand in homework? turn in What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water? 'what the fuck' or alternately 'ahhggh' 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)? subway What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper? toilet papering 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? Fucking rubbernecker asshole traffic jam What vowel do you use in bag? ah What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store? paper bag (though i haven't seen one since 1992) What do you call the night before Halloween? the night before Halloween What do you call the end of a loaf of bread? the heel 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.) no clue to what you are refering, and working with a bunch of doctors I usually know my drugs 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")? thess-pee-inn What do you call a drive-through liquor store? living in the South 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 (really loudly) What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way? "checkin' out" or "drooling over" Do you say "expecially", or "especially"? es. who the fuck says expecially? The one I don't know how to say though is espresso. I've heard it both ways. Though saying expresso makes me feel like I have a lisp. 2:53 p.m. - December 12, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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