Old, old old. Lifetime Michiganian, if you can call it a life. :D Geologist turned geophysicist turned environmental protection enforcement type guy. Son of a science teacher and a teacher of English, which has devastated my spoken language.
A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek. My cousins from the Thumb call it a crick, though.
The thing you push around the grocery store: Cart.
A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunchbox.
The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Frying pan, frypan, skillet, griddle.
The piece of furniture that seats three people: Couch, usually.
The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: No such thing. The ice tears them off. Rain's what you call it when water from the sky comes down already melted, right?
The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: Porch. If it's unroofed, it's a patio.
Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Now, this is sort of strange. It's always a bottle of pop, but if it's a can, it's usually soda. I think "pop" is traditional with our area, so the older-style containers are still pop. Canned pop came along once every-day contact with other states was a fact of life. They call it soda, so I usually call a can of pop "soda" too.
A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancake.
A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: Sub, Submarine.
The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: In my case, heavy shorts and a cotton shirt. I sunburn, and besides that the sight of my body is not for the faint of heart, nor for polite society.
Shoes worn for sports: Tennies.
A flying insect that glows in the dark: Firefly.
The little insect that curls up into a ball: I have no idea.
The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: Teeter-totter.
How you eat pizza: Depends on the pizza. Flat and pointy end first if the pizza has enough structural integrity for that. Otherwise, just suck it off your shirt.
Where private citizens sell their household goods/stuff in their driveway/front yard: Garage sale, yard sale.
The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: What you're describing is a basement. However, if it's a special-purpose underground room, it's a cellar. Root cellar. Storm cellar.
The thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: Drinking fountain.
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A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek. My cousins from the Thumb call it a crick, though.
The thing you push around the grocery store: Cart.
A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunchbox.
The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Frying pan, frypan, skillet, griddle.
The piece of furniture that seats three people: Couch, usually.
The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: No such thing. The ice tears them off. Rain's what you call it when water from the sky comes down already melted, right?
The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: Porch. If it's unroofed, it's a patio.
Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Now, this is sort of strange. It's always a bottle of pop, but if it's a can, it's usually soda. I think "pop" is traditional with our area, so the older-style containers are still pop. Canned pop came along once every-day contact with other states was a fact of life. They call it soda, so I usually call a can of pop "soda" too.
A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancake.
A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: Sub, Submarine.
The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: In my case, heavy shorts and a cotton shirt. I sunburn, and besides that the sight of my body is not for the faint of heart, nor for polite society.
Shoes worn for sports: Tennies.
A flying insect that glows in the dark: Firefly.
The little insect that curls up into a ball: I have no idea.
The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: Teeter-totter.
How you eat pizza: Depends on the pizza. Flat and pointy end first if the pizza has enough structural integrity for that. Otherwise, just suck it off your shirt.
Where private citizens sell their household goods/stuff in their driveway/front yard: Garage sale, yard sale.
The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: What you're describing is a basement. However, if it's a special-purpose underground room, it's a cellar. Root cellar. Storm cellar.
The thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: Drinking fountain.