Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey
From: | Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> |
Date: | Monday, May 5, 2008, 3:52 |
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