Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <melroch@...>
Date:Monday, May 5, 2008, 10:58
2008/5/4 Kelly Drinkwater <mizunomi@...>:
> Hey all, I'm conducting a quick survey on lexical > variation for my intro ling class, and I thought it > would be interesting to survey conlangers, to see if > being a language enthusiast / very conscious of language > has any effect. > > I would really appreciate your help here -- it'll only > take a few minutes. And rest assured that your data will > be anonymized. > > So it would be great if you could reply (and reply-all if > you feel like it, but I don't want to swamp the list with > people's filled-out surveys) and fill out the following. > (I'll post any noteworthy results for further discussion > if there's interest.) > > (adapted from the McGill Dialectology and > Sociolinguistics Lab's "North American Regional > Vocabulary Survey") > > Date of birth: 1 Dec 1966
> Sex: male
> Where do you currently live? (city, state/province, > country) Gothenburg, Sweden
> Please list the places you've lived between age 4 and age > 18, with the most recent first: Gothenburg, Sweden; > Kungälv, Sweden; Orust, Sweden.
> Occupation: Translator (Swedish <-> English, German -> > Swedish, in theory also from Icelandic, Norwegian and > Danish)
> Highest level of education completed: University
> Ethnic heritage: Swedish, Ukrainian, Pomeranian > > What is/are your native language(s)?
Swedish and German. My Swedish grandmother had lived in the US (Chicago) from 1920-1932 and started speaking English with me very early, perhaps age 4 or 5.
> Roughly how many years have you been conlanging or > studying linguistics?
30 years.
> How many years ago did you first encounter / begin > reading (not necessarily join / begin posting on) an > online conlanging community?
12
> 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
tap
> 2. the apparatus from which you'd get a drink of water > in a public place: bubbler, , water fountain
drinking fountain
> 3. the device that firefighters attach their hoses to: > fire hydrant, fire plug
n/a
> 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)
cash machine
> 6. stuff you throw away: garbage, rubbish, trash
trash
>7. the wheeled conveyance you put your groceries in > while shopping: basket, buggy, cart, trolley
cart
> 8. a shallow pan for frying eggs or meat: fry pan, > frying pan, griddle, skillet, spider
frying pan
> 9. a piece of chocolate, 4-6 inches long: bar, candy > bar, chocolate bar >
chocolate bar
> 10. a carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage, like Coke or > Sprite: coke, cola, cold drink, fizzy drink, pop, > soda, soda pop, soft drink, tonic
soda
> 11. cooking outside over a charcoal grill in the > summertime: barbecuing, grilling, grilling out, > having a cookout
grilling
> 12. a cold sandwich on a foot-long roll: sub(marine), > hero, hoagie, grinder
o/a
> 13. the sweet, creamy layer on top of a cake: frosting, > icing
frosting
> 14. your main evening meal: dinner, supper
dinner
> 15. food picked up and taken home to eat: carry-out, take- > away, take-out
take-away
> 16. an appliance on which you heat food in saucepans: > cooker, range, stove
stove
> 17. knives, forks, and spoons: cutlery, flatware, > silverware, utensils
cutlery
> 18. contact someone by telephone: call, phone, ring, > telephone, buzz
call
> 19. the toilet facilities in a public place: bathroom, > facilities, ladies' room / men's room, lavatory, loo, > restroom, toilet, washroom, WC, john
toilet
> 20. athletic shoes worn with jeans as casual footwear: > gym shoes, plimsolls, runners, running shoes, > sneakers, tennis shoes, trainers, brand name (eg > Adidas)
sneakers
>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
sofa
> 23. a piece of furniture with drawers for socks, > underwear, etc.: bureau, chest (of drawers), drawers, > dresser, highboy
drawers
> 24. the last letter of the alphabet: zed, zee
Depends on who I'm talking to, to myself 'zeed' (sic!)
>25. the place where you pay for something in a store: > cash, cash register, cashier, check-out, till
cash register
> Thanks so much for participating! -Alioth >
-- / BP