Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

Kelly Drinkwater wrote:
>Date of birth: May 23, 1934
>Sex: M
>Where do you currently live? Saugatuck MI, USA
>Please list the places you've lived between age 4 and age 18, with the
>most recent first: Sioux Falls SD to age 15, school-years in Concord NH
>15-18 (it's since then that I've really wandered..........)
>Occupation: Retired (don't ask from what :-))))
>Highest level of education completed: PhD (Linguistics)
>Ethnic heritage: WASP
>
>What is/are your native language(s)? English
>
>Roughly how many years have you been conlanging or studying linguistics?
>Informally since High School days, formally (grad school) 7 years, and
>informally again thereafter
>
>How many years ago did you first encounter / begin reading (not
>necessarily join / begin posting on) an online conlanging community? 9 yrs
>ago.
>
>For each of the following items, please choose which word you use most
>often, or put the word you do use if it's not a choice. Feel free to
>leave comments if some aspect of your usage is noteworthy
>
>1. the metal device over a sink or bathtub that controls the flow of water:
>faucet,
>
>2. the apparatus from which you'd get a drink of water in a public place:
>water fountain
>
>3. the device that firefighters attach their hoses to:
>fire hydrant, (fire plug when a child)
>
>4. the container in which you'd put water for washing the car or the floor:
>bucket, pail  both
>
>5. a machine that performs banking services:
>ATM, money machine,
>
>6. stuff you throw away:
>garbage, MOSTLY // trash doesn't include food wastes
>
>7. the wheeled conveyance you put your groceries in while shopping:
>cart  (The industry calls these "bascarts" ugh)
>
>8. a shallow pan for frying eggs or meat:
>frying pan, skillet,
>
>9. a piece of chocolate, 4-6 inches long:
>candy bar, chocolate bar  -- Like David P, the latter only if it's all
>chocolate
>
>10. a carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage, like Coke or Sprite:
>pop as a child; soda now
>
>11. cooking outside over a charcoal grill in the summertime:
>Usually, "cook/grill outside"-- having a cookout implies a party
>
>12. a cold sandwich on a foot-long roll:
>sub(marine), hero, (all the terms given mystified me at first hearing in
>college years; I don't eat these very often........)
>
>13. the sweet, creamy layer on top of a cake:
>frosting, icing BOTH but probably with preference for frosting
>
>14. your main evening meal:
>dinner (relatively substantial);  supper if I'm lazy and it's soup and a
>sandwich.......
>
>15. food picked up and taken home to eat:
>, take-out
>
>16. an appliance on which you heat food in saucepans:
>, stove
>
>17. knives, forks, and spoons:
>silverware (Facetious: tools)
>
>18. contact someone by telephone:
>call, phone,
>
>19. the toilet facilities in a public place:
>men's room, restroom, though it can depend on the formality of the place.
>20. athletic shoes worn with jeans as casual footwear:
>sneakers NOW, but tennis shoes maybe up to around 1960 or so
>
>21. a sweatshirt with front pockets and a hood:
>hooded sweatshirt, (have certainly heard "hoodie", it seems to have
>pejorative connotations)
>
>22. a piece of furniture that seats 3 people:
>sofa
>
>23. a piece of furniture with drawers for socks, underwear, etc.:
>chest of drawers, dresser,
>
>24. the last letter of the alphabet:
>zee
>
>25. the place where you pay for something in a store:
>check-out (mostly nowadays; in olden times, you paid at the cash-register
>at the counter where you bought the stuff )
>
One you might have included-- The kitchen appliance where food is kept cold:
icebox, fridge, etc...
(though icebox is VERY older generation; maybe not distinctive anymore)

>Thanks so much for participating!
De nada

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