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Linguistic Lemmings
Where did you grow up: Klamath Falls, OR; Sunnyvale, CA
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
The shopping cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A lunch box.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
The pan. (mmmmmmmmm, bacon)
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
The couch.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
The gutters.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
The patio.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
A pancake.
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.
Swim shorts.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers.
13. Putting a room in order.
Picking up.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
A firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
A pillbug.
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.
A see-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
Point-first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
A yard sale. Or garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
A water fountain.
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