Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey
| From: | Michael Poxon <mike@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 5, 2008, 21:55 |
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Hi epsilon Ursae Majoris...
answers:
12 sept 1952
male
near Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
complicated... say writer
BA (Hons) English / Linguistics
white british
English
40 years
7 years (intermittent)
1. tap
2. drinking fountain
3. fire hydrant (and here they're firemen!)
4. both
5. hole in the wall
6. rubbish
7. shopping trolley
8. frying pan
9. bar of chocolate
10. fizzy drink
11. barbecue
12. none of these (don't really have a word for one. I've had laulau in
Hawaii but not quite the same thing!)
13. icing
14. tea
15. take-away
16. cooker
17. cutlery
18. any of the first three
19. toilet
20. trainers
21. hoodie
22. settee, couch
23. chest of drawers
24. zed
25. checkout
Mike
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