Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

Do you not have female firefighters there, or do they just call
themselves "firemen" too?



On 5/6/08, Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:
> Hi epsilon Ursae Majoris...
>
> answers:
> 12 sept 1952
> male
> near Norwich, Norfolk, UK
> Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
> complicated... say writer
> BA (Hons) English / Linguistics
> white british
> English
>
> 40 years
> 7 years (intermittent)
>
> 1. tap
> 2. drinking fountain
> 3. fire hydrant (and here they're firemen!)
> 4. both
> 5. hole in the wall
> 6. rubbish
> 7. shopping trolley
> 8. frying pan
> 9. bar of chocolate
> 10. fizzy drink
> 11. barbecue
> 12. none of these (don't really have a word for one. I've had laulau in
> Hawaii but not quite the same thing!)
> 13. icing
> 14. tea
> 15. take-away
> 16. cooker
> 17. cutlery
> 18. any of the first three
> 19. toilet
> 20. trainers
> 21. hoodie
> 22. settee, couch
> 23. chest of drawers
> 24. zed
> 25. checkout
>
> Mike
>
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