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Dialect meme
Apr. 8th, 2008 10:26 pm1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Stream if it's natural, sheugh if not.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Trolley. And it's a supermarket.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch box. But they're made of plastic.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Sofa or couch. Settle if it's made of wood.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
The horizontal bits are guttering, the verticals are downspouts.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Veranda. Not a thing that we have much need for in Ireland. Oh, I suppose some patios are sort of covered.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soft drinks.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
A sub.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
If they're canvas with rubber soles, gutties. Anything else is trainers.
13. Putting a room in order.
Redding up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Sellafield midges? No Irish insects naturally glow in the dark.
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?
In my hands, bite the point off and keep going.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Jumble sale. Except that it's more a collective effort.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
A thing under a house is a basement, which most houses here don't have. Also rec room is games room and I assume that furnace is the central heating boiler.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain? The last place I saw one was in school. Offices have watercoolers.
Stream if it's natural, sheugh if not.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Trolley. And it's a supermarket.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch box. But they're made of plastic.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Sofa or couch. Settle if it's made of wood.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
The horizontal bits are guttering, the verticals are downspouts.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Veranda. Not a thing that we have much need for in Ireland. Oh, I suppose some patios are sort of covered.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soft drinks.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
A sub.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
If they're canvas with rubber soles, gutties. Anything else is trainers.
13. Putting a room in order.
Redding up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Sellafield midges? No Irish insects naturally glow in the dark.
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?
In my hands, bite the point off and keep going.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Jumble sale. Except that it's more a collective effort.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
A thing under a house is a basement, which most houses here don't have. Also rec room is games room and I assume that furnace is the central heating boiler.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Water fountain? The last place I saw one was in school. Offices have watercoolers.
