Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

In a message dated 5/4/2008 12:45:07 PM Central Daylight Time,
mizunomi@GMAIL.COM writes:


> Date of birth:
November 16, 1955

> Sex:
Male

> here do you currently live? (city, state/province, country)
> Southwestern Ohio, USA
> lease list the places you've lived between age 4 and age 18, with the
> most recent first:
> Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
central Indiana, USA

> ccupation:
> unimportant
> ighest level of education completed:
> BA
> thnic heritage:
> English/German/Blackfoot (unknown proportions)
>
> What is/are your native language(s)?
> English
> Roughly how many years have you been conlanging or studying linguistics?
> 35
> How many years ago did you first encounter / begin reading (not
> necessarily join / begin posting on) an online conlanging community?
2-3



> 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 (eg if you
> are
>
> 1. the metal device over a sink or bathtub that controls the flow of water:
> faucet, spigot, tap
> faucet
 (spigots are outdoors)

> 2. the apparatus from which you'd get a drink of water in a public place:
> bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain
> water fountain, although drinking fountain is also heard
> 3. the device that firefighters attach their hoses to:
> fire hydrant, fire plug
> fire hydrant
> 4. the container in which you'd put water for washing the car or the floor:
> bucket, pail
> bucket
> 5. a machine that performs banking services:
> ATM, automated teller, bank machine, cash machine, cash point,
> guichet, hole in the wall, money machine, commercial name (eg MAC
> machine, Instant Teller, Instabank)
> ATM
> 6. stuff you throw away:
> garbage, rubbish, trash
> trash.  Garbage is discarded food. Rubbish is nonsense.
> 7. the wheeled conveyance you put your groceries in while shopping:
> basket, buggy, cart, trolley
> grocery cart
> 8. a shallow pan for frying eggs or meat:
> fry pan, frying pan, griddle, skillet, spider
> skillet and frying pan.  Griddles are flat, and spiders are bugs.


> . a piece of chocolate, 4-6 inches long:
> bar, candy bar, chocolate bar
> candy bar
> 10. a carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage, like Coke or Sprite:
> coke, cola, cold drink, fizzy drink, pop, soda, soda pop, soft drink, tonic
> soft drink.  Coke is Coca Cola (my drink of choice for decades, which I
finally gave up two months ago.)

> 11. cooking outside over a charcoal grill in the summertime:
> barbecuing, grilling, grilling out, having a cookout
> having a cookout.  (I never do this, so it's kind of a toss-up.)
> 12. a cold sandwich on a foot-long roll:
> sub(marine), hero, hoagie, grinder
> sub, although the others are also used around here.
> 13. the sweet, creamy layer on top of a cake:
> frosting, icing
icing, but frosting is common too.

> 14. your main evening meal:
> dinner, supper
> supper, but dinner is common too.  Dinner is also more formal or with friends.
> 15. food picked up and taken home to eat:
> carry-out, take-away, take-out
> take-out
> 16. an appliance on which you heat food in saucepans:
> cooker, range, stove
> stove.  Range is used a lot, but I don't personally use it.
> 17. knives, forks, and spoons:
> cutlery, flatware, silverware, utensils
> silverware.  Ever since such utensils became available in plastic, it's
always been funny to have plastic silverware.

> 18. contact someone by telephone:
> call, phone, ring, telephone, buzz
> call, also phone.
> 19. the toilet facilities in a public place:
> bathroom, facilities, ladies' room / men's room, lavatory, loo,
> restroom, toilet, washroom, WC, john
> restroom, men's room
> 20. athletic shoes worn with jeans as casual footwear:
> gym shoes, plimsolls, runners, running shoes, sneakers, tennis shoes,
> trainers, brand name (eg Adidas)
> running shoes now, but tennis shoes when I was young.
> 21. a sweatshirt with front pockets and a hood:
> hooded sweatshirt, hoodie, kangaroo jacket, bunnyhug
> hooded sweatshirt.
> 22. a piece of furniture that seats 3 people:
> couch, chesterfield, davenport, divan, settee, sofa
I don't know of any furniture that specifically seats three people, but I
have a couch in my living room.  It could also be a sofa.
>
> 23. a piece of furniture with drawers for socks, underwear, etc.:
> bureau, chest (of drawers), drawers, dresser, highboy
> chest of drawers.  A dresser has a mirror.
> 24. the last letter of the alphabet:
> zed, zee
> zee
> 25. the place where you pay for something in a store:
> cash, cash register, cashier, check-out, till
> check-out, also cashier
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