say what?

This quiz is kinda fun. I stole it from Erika and Jen.

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

The basics: I'm originally from Chicago and lived there until I was 18. I went to college in Alabama (with periodic returns to Chicago). I have lived in Atlanta for the past year.

A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks. - Stream or creek. Not crick.

What the thing you push around the grocery store is called. - Cart. People down here call it a buggy. Odd.

A metal container to carry a meal in. - Lunchbox, but mine were always plastic. Usually with cartoon characters on them.

The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in. - Microwave? Seriously, a skillet or frying pan.

The piece of furniture that seats three people. - Couch

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. Deck if it's in the back and raised; patio if it's not raised.

Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages. - Soda. Coke is safe down here b/c I usually drink Diet Coke anyway.

A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup. - Pancakes

A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself. - Sub

The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach. - Trunks. It had best not be a thong. Pretty please.

Shoes worn for sports. - Tennis Shoes

Putting a room in order. - Clean, straighten up

A flying insect that glows in the dark. - Lightning bug

The little insect that curls up into a ball. - Roly Poly

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

How do you eat your pizza? - Point first

What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? - Garage sale

What's the evening meal? - Dinner. My grandparents called lunch, dinner. It used to confuse me greatly.

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? - Usually y'all. *sigh* Sometimes "you guys."

Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?" - Yeah, just cause I'm lazy.

Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?" - Not on purpose.

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") - Yikes! Generally no, but I've caught myself doing it once or twice since I've been living down here.

What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road? - Um, grass?

What do you call the area of grass that occurs in the middle of some streets? - More grass? Median, I think.

What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway? - Median

What do you call the drink made with milk and ice cream? - Milkshake

What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)? - Crawfish! Yum!

What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? - Daddy Longlegs

What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother? - None - she was Grandma

What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?) - No difference

What do/did you call your maternal grandfather? - Grandpa

Paternal grandfather? - Grandpa

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)? - Caddycorner

What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car? -

Driving around in circles. ;-)

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? - Nothing

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? - Sleepies

What do you call an easy course? - Blow-off course

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? - Traffic circle. I'd never heard of these before moving to the south.

What is the thing that women use to tie their hair? - Ponytail holder. Or cat toy, in my case.

Do you use the word cruller? - Nope

Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry? - Yeah, but I've never had one.

What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)? - Someone who needs orthopedic shoes?

Can you call coleslaw "slaw"? - NO! and Coleslaw is just PLAIN DISGUSTING NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY AND DESCRIBE IT! (I am leaving Trinity's answer here because she is completely RIGHT!!!)

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? - Vinegar and oil

What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly? - Asshat

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? - Frosting, and it's yummy.

What is "the City"? - Chicago. Even now that I live near Atlanta, I say "Atlanta" or "downtown." Chicago is always the City.

What is the distinction between dinner and supper? - They're the same thing.

Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass? - Mow

Do you pass in homework or hand in homework? - Turn in homework.

What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water? - Waterbug

What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school? - Drinking 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? - TP-ing

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? - Gapers' Delay

What vowel do you use in bag? - a as in "hat"

What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store? - Grocery bag

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

What do you call a point that is purely academic, or that cannot be settled and isn't worth discussing further? - Moot

How do you pronounce the -sp- sequence in "thespian" (the word meaning "actor")? Theh-spee-an

What do you call a drive-through liquor store? - Really damn stupid.

What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home? - Takeout

What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car? -

"Shotgun!"

What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?

Leering

Do you say "expecially", or "especially"?

"Especially".

~Emma

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