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Why you'all tawk like dat?
17 years ago
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Hello everyone,
Just my silly responses to a silly meme stolen from
IndigoAngelCat I hope you don't over analyze it too much, it's just how I was brought up.
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek, or 'crick' as my neighbors call them.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
A shopping cart, although some of the 'old timers' call them 'buggies'
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch Pail
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Sofa ...as in 'sofa king we ta...' you know what I mean.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter, or eavestrough
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch or veranda
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda pop
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
A sub sandwich
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
A bit confusing, but I would say, 'Tidy up'.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly or lightening bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
a Rolly-polly
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?
I eat from the pointed end to the crust. We call the crusts 'pizza bones'.
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?
Basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Drinking Fountain.
Just my silly responses to a silly meme stolen from
IndigoAngelCat I hope you don't over analyze it too much, it's just how I was brought up.WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek, or 'crick' as my neighbors call them.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
A shopping cart, although some of the 'old timers' call them 'buggies'
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch Pail
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Sofa ...as in 'sofa king we ta...' you know what I mean.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter, or eavestrough
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch or veranda
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda pop
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
A sub sandwich
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming Trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers
13. Putting a room in order.
A bit confusing, but I would say, 'Tidy up'.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly or lightening bug
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
a Rolly-polly
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?
I eat from the pointed end to the crust. We call the crusts 'pizza bones'.
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?
Basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Drinking Fountain.
Gutter, or evestrough
I have never heard of an evestrough... interesting (not sarcastic)