Addendum to the dialect meme
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owl24. That plant that kids throw at each other because it sticks to clothing?
Robin-run-the-hedge
25. Those little balls of froth on plants in spring, which contain some moth or other's eggs?
Cuckoo-spittle
26. Girls' lower-half underwear?
Pants, knickers
27. Boys' lower-half underwear?
Underpants, boxers, briefs
28. The cloth you had when you were little and always slept with, and perhaps sucked your tongue with?
Blankie
29. Warm knitted top typically made of wool?
jumper, jersey, pullover
30. Baked in an oven, made of flour, butter, an egg, milk:
Scones
31. A single thistledown seed flying free.
Parachute
32. Place where you. Er. You know. Use the euphemism:
Toilet, loo, bog. If it has a bath in in, it is a bathroom. If it just has a toilet in it, it's a toilet
33. The sometimes grassy area in the middle of the street which separates both sides of the traffic:
Central reservation. But you don't get them on streets, you get them on motorways
34. What do you call the paper stuff you use to wipe your nose with?
Tissue, hankie
35. When you use a machine that has a camera inside to make copies of a piece of paper and print it out, what are you doing?
Photocopying
36. What do you call a building that has three stories and three apartments in it, one on each floor?
Townhouse
37. What do you call the things (paper or plastic!) the grocery store folk put your purchases in so you can carry them home?
Bags
38. That big trash receptable you see at construction sights?
Skip
39. Those jeans with the bib?
Dungarees. Overalls have arms as well
40. That phone you carry with you?
Mobile
41. That hand-held light you keep to scare off the monsters at night?
Torch
42. The front and back of your car?
Boot and bonnet
43. The hair that hangs down over your forehead?
Fringe
44. Another word for "butt" --
Arse, bum
45. What are those pencils that have colors instead of graphite ("lead") in them?
Coloured pencils
46. Oblate ellipsoid of leaven bread, cut, in two, along its major plane and filled with delicatessen goods?
Snadwich
47. Narrow passageway, usually covered, to the back of a terrace of houses?
Alley or loanin
48. Hairs which stand on end when an animal is frightened or angry or cold?
Hackles.
49. Bumps on surface of skin which appear around pores when human is frightened or angry or cold?
Goosepimples.
50. Process of infusing water with leaves of tea plant usually in a teapot?
Wetting the tea
51. Above process left too long such that an excess of bitter substances, mainly tannins, infuse into the drink, so spoiling it?
Stewing
52. Pot with lid for oven, usually ceramic, for slwoly cooking meat or similar in juices, stock, with vegetables?
Casserole.
53. Can, usually for petrol or water, with handle and screw lid?
Petrol or water can
54. Animal based term of endearment for people?
pet
55. Hearty cooked breakfast involving eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding etc?
(Ulster) fry
56. Beast of burden, smaller than a horse, with long ears?
Donkey
57. Place where people take coal out of the ground?
Pit
58. Small, common red and black spotted beetle?
Ladybird.
Robin-run-the-hedge
25. Those little balls of froth on plants in spring, which contain some moth or other's eggs?
Cuckoo-spittle
26. Girls' lower-half underwear?
Pants, knickers
27. Boys' lower-half underwear?
Underpants, boxers, briefs
28. The cloth you had when you were little and always slept with, and perhaps sucked your tongue with?
Blankie
29. Warm knitted top typically made of wool?
jumper, jersey, pullover
30. Baked in an oven, made of flour, butter, an egg, milk:
Scones
31. A single thistledown seed flying free.
Parachute
32. Place where you. Er. You know. Use the euphemism:
Toilet, loo, bog. If it has a bath in in, it is a bathroom. If it just has a toilet in it, it's a toilet
33. The sometimes grassy area in the middle of the street which separates both sides of the traffic:
Central reservation. But you don't get them on streets, you get them on motorways
34. What do you call the paper stuff you use to wipe your nose with?
Tissue, hankie
35. When you use a machine that has a camera inside to make copies of a piece of paper and print it out, what are you doing?
Photocopying
36. What do you call a building that has three stories and three apartments in it, one on each floor?
Townhouse
37. What do you call the things (paper or plastic!) the grocery store folk put your purchases in so you can carry them home?
Bags
38. That big trash receptable you see at construction sights?
Skip
39. Those jeans with the bib?
Dungarees. Overalls have arms as well
40. That phone you carry with you?
Mobile
41. That hand-held light you keep to scare off the monsters at night?
Torch
42. The front and back of your car?
Boot and bonnet
43. The hair that hangs down over your forehead?
Fringe
44. Another word for "butt" --
Arse, bum
45. What are those pencils that have colors instead of graphite ("lead") in them?
Coloured pencils
46. Oblate ellipsoid of leaven bread, cut, in two, along its major plane and filled with delicatessen goods?
Snadwich
47. Narrow passageway, usually covered, to the back of a terrace of houses?
Alley or loanin
48. Hairs which stand on end when an animal is frightened or angry or cold?
Hackles.
49. Bumps on surface of skin which appear around pores when human is frightened or angry or cold?
Goosepimples.
50. Process of infusing water with leaves of tea plant usually in a teapot?
Wetting the tea
51. Above process left too long such that an excess of bitter substances, mainly tannins, infuse into the drink, so spoiling it?
Stewing
52. Pot with lid for oven, usually ceramic, for slwoly cooking meat or similar in juices, stock, with vegetables?
Casserole.
53. Can, usually for petrol or water, with handle and screw lid?
Petrol or water can
54. Animal based term of endearment for people?
pet
55. Hearty cooked breakfast involving eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding etc?
(Ulster) fry
56. Beast of burden, smaller than a horse, with long ears?
Donkey
57. Place where people take coal out of the ground?
Pit
58. Small, common red and black spotted beetle?
Ladybird.
