Context: Born and raised in the American Midwest. As the years go by, though, there's definitely more of a Southern influence both in my accent and my choice of words.
1. Er... Depends. On a house, with a roof overhead, it's a breezeway. Between two commercial buildings that are unconnected, it's an alley. 2. Sweater. 3. Playing hooky 4. Tag 5. Time out! (Usually followed by, "Hey guys, I mean it! Time owwwwwt!" 6. Dibs. As in, "I call dibs on that!" 7. Er...I actually have no idea what this refers to. There was a time before sneakers? 8. Roll 9. Dessert 10. "Gone" -- but only because Pellinor has corrupted me into doing so. Before his evil influence, I pronounced it to rhyme with "moan." 11. Bird. 12. Pancakes - American style. I remember making some of these for you when you were here. :-) 13. Not necessarily here in Florida, but where I grew up, funnel cakes were the big thing at amusement parks and carnivals. Also, the cookie called snickerdoodle, which is a German item, and not to be found much outside the Midwest, especially Ohio. 14. Sweetie or honey. Dear is a Southern term, and that has crept into my speech over the past few years. 15. Wimp? No particular term for this. 16. In Ohio, no real word. Down here in Florida? They're called snowbirds. Because they flock down here when the snow starts to fly in the northern states, and they leave again in late spring when it gets warm again. 17. A fence or if it's greenery, a hedge 18. Look at those cows standing in that barn! 19. I'm starving and I'm freezing! (I must be in a whump story!) 20. Chicken. Or scaredy-cat. Or if they aren't nice, chickensh** 21. Pimp? I have no idea. 22. "Thanks!" And if I'm feeling particularly generous, "Have a nice [insert time of day here]." 23. Hi, hey, hello 24. Well, trousers is different to us. To me it means more a formal-style article of clothing (notice how I'm not calling them "pants" *g*), and as such I don't know that they have a nickname. I'm useless when it comes to men's wear. But khakis or Dockers often works for less formal trousers. 25. Southpaw 26. Shrewsbury - just like it's spelled. Shrews-bury. Newcastle - again, just like it's spelled. Glasgow - Glaz-gow, with the last syllable rhyming with cow. 27. Sandwich. Or, when I'm joking with the IT guy at work, it's a "sammich." (Don't ask.) 28. I'm telling! 29. Nothing comes to mind 30. Sadsack, although I had to work to think of this one 31. Potatoes, but my dad called them spuds 32. Ah, this may be the infamous English muffin. But I'm not sure, since I don't know if I'm picturing the same thing as you. 33. You lucky dog! Or, You lucky stiff!
You should add: Carbonated beverage that comes in a can: Is it soda, pop, sodapop, a Coke, or something else? It's a big debate here, and what you say reveals where you grew up. For me, being from the Midwest, it's pop. Tracy, who grew up in New England, calls it sodapop. Most people call it soda. In the South, though, everything is a Coke. Even if it's a Pepsi. :-)
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Date: 2008-04-04 10:15 pm (UTC)1. Er... Depends. On a house, with a roof overhead, it's a breezeway. Between two commercial buildings that are unconnected, it's an alley.
2. Sweater.
3. Playing hooky
4. Tag
5. Time out! (Usually followed by, "Hey guys, I mean it! Time owwwwwt!"
6. Dibs. As in, "I call dibs on that!"
7. Er...I actually have no idea what this refers to. There was a time before sneakers?
8. Roll
9. Dessert
10. "Gone" -- but only because Pellinor has corrupted me into doing so. Before his evil influence, I pronounced it to rhyme with "moan."
11. Bird.
12. Pancakes - American style. I remember making some of these for you when you were here. :-)
13. Not necessarily here in Florida, but where I grew up, funnel cakes were the big thing at amusement parks and carnivals. Also, the cookie called snickerdoodle, which is a German item, and not to be found much outside the Midwest, especially Ohio.
14. Sweetie or honey. Dear is a Southern term, and that has crept into my speech over the past few years.
15. Wimp? No particular term for this.
16. In Ohio, no real word. Down here in Florida? They're called snowbirds. Because they flock down here when the snow starts to fly in the northern states, and they leave again in late spring when it gets warm again.
17. A fence or if it's greenery, a hedge
18. Look at those cows standing in that barn!
19. I'm starving and I'm freezing! (I must be in a whump story!)
20. Chicken. Or scaredy-cat. Or if they aren't nice, chickensh**
21. Pimp? I have no idea.
22. "Thanks!" And if I'm feeling particularly generous, "Have a nice [insert time of day here]."
23. Hi, hey, hello
24. Well, trousers is different to us. To me it means more a formal-style article of clothing (notice how I'm not calling them "pants" *g*), and as such I don't know that they have a nickname. I'm useless when it comes to men's wear. But khakis or Dockers often works for less formal trousers.
25. Southpaw
26. Shrewsbury - just like it's spelled. Shrews-bury. Newcastle - again, just like it's spelled. Glasgow - Glaz-gow, with the last syllable rhyming with cow.
27. Sandwich. Or, when I'm joking with the IT guy at work, it's a "sammich." (Don't ask.)
28. I'm telling!
29. Nothing comes to mind
30. Sadsack, although I had to work to think of this one
31. Potatoes, but my dad called them spuds
32. Ah, this may be the infamous English muffin. But I'm not sure, since I don't know if I'm picturing the same thing as you.
33. You lucky dog! Or, You lucky stiff!
You should add: Carbonated beverage that comes in a can: Is it soda, pop, sodapop, a Coke, or something else? It's a big debate here, and what you say reveals where you grew up. For me, being from the Midwest, it's pop. Tracy, who grew up in New England, calls it sodapop. Most people call it soda. In the South, though, everything is a Coke. Even if it's a Pepsi. :-)
This was fun! :-)