Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

This is tough. My parents spoke Pittsburghese so I learned it first from
them. I grew up in Detroit  and now live in Alberta, Canada. I don't always
say the same things so here goes.



Date of birth: Jan 7, 1960
Sex: Male
Where do you currently live? (city, state/province, country) Please list the
places you've lived between age 4 and age 18, with the most recent first:
Currently Edmonton Alberta Canada. Between 4 & 18: Redford Township,
Michigan, USA, Dearborn Michigan, USA, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation: Utilities Pricing Analyst
Highest level of education completed: BRE (Honors)
Ethnic heritage: Czech

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?

10 years?

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, tap

2. the apparatus from which you'd get a drink of water in a public place:
bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain

Drinking fountain

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, bank machine

6. stuff you throw away:
garbage, rubbish, trash

Garbage, trash

7. the wheeled conveyance you put your groceries in while shopping:
basket, buggy, cart, trolley

Buggy, cart, basket

8. a shallow pan for frying eggs or meat:
fry pan, frying pan, griddle, skillet, spider

Frying pan, skillet

9. 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

pop

11. cooking outside over a charcoal grill in the summertime:
barbecuing, grilling, grilling out, having a cookout

Barbecuing  (I haven't heard "cookout" since I was a kid.) (According to my
sister-in-law who is native to Tennessee, barbecuing is solely if you use
barbecue sauce otherwise it is grilling)

12. a cold sandwich on a foot-long roll:
sub(marine), hero, hoagie, grinder

Sub or sub sandwich

13. the sweet, creamy layer on top of a cake:
frosting, icing

icing

14. your main evening meal:
dinner, supper

Dinner, supper depends on the formality of the occasion.

15. food picked up and taken home to eat:
carry-out, take-away, take-out

Carry-out

16. an appliance on which you heat food in saucepans:
cooker, range, stove

stove

17. knives, forks, and spoons:
cutlery, flatware, silverware, utensils

Silverware, cutlery

18. contact someone by telephone:
call, phone, ring, telephone, buzz

Call, phone

19. the toilet facilities in a public place:
bathroom, facilities, ladies' room / men's room, lavatory, loo, restroom,
toilet, washroom, WC, john

Washroom, bathroom, ladies'/mens' room

20. athletic shoes worn with jeans as casual footwear:
gym shoes, plimsolls, runners, running shoes, sneakers, tennis shoes,
trainers, brand name (eg Adidas)

Runners, gym shoes

21. a sweatshirt with front pockets and a hood:
hooded sweatshirt, hoodie, kangaroo jacket, bunnyhug

Hoodie, hooded sweatshirt

22. a piece of furniture that seats 3 people:
couch, chesterfield, davenport, divan, settee, sofa

Couch, sofa (older folk in Alberta call it a chesterfield and my grandfather
always called it a davenport)

23. a piece of furniture with drawers for socks, underwear, etc.:
bureau, chest (of drawers), drawers, dresser, highboy

dresser

24. the last letter of the alphabet:
zed, zee

Zed, zee

25. the place where you pay for something in a store:
cash, cash register, cashier, check-out, till

Cash register, till, cashier

Thanks so much for participating!
-Alioth