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taimatsu32 questions of 'what do you call this where you live?' Mine is kind of confused because my mother, the main influence on my way of speaking, used almost no slang at all; also we lived down south but both my parents came from Lancashire. nd of course now I stil live down south but spend a lot of my time in Manchester.
If you have done this quiz, please tell me in comments where you posted it as I'd love to have a look.
1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: 'Alley' if it were down south; I'd try to use 'ginnel' up north.
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: a jumper.
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Bunking off.
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Unoriginally, 'It'.
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: No idea.
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bagsy.
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: Plimsolls, or specifically Green Flash.
8. Small round bread: a roll, or sometimes a bap.
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: pudding.
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Gone.
11. Generic term for a bird: No idea!
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Pancake.
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: London doesn't do local like that.
14. Term of endearment: Sweetie.
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Softie.
16. Tourists: tourists.
17. A field boundary: hedge.
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : cows, barn.
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm cold and hungry!
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: scaredy-cat.
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: Medallion man? :)
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thank you.
23. Generic friendly greeting: Hi!
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None.
25. Slang term for left-handed: None!
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: sh-ROSE-bree, NEW-car-ss'l, gl-AZ-go.
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: I can't remember any other than the primary-school one of putting one finger on the lips and saying 'UMMmmmmmm!' in a low-to-rising-falling over-the-top sort of tone.
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None.
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: miseryguts.
31. Potatoes: Spuds, but not in general use in immediate family. Northern grandparents used this.
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: crumpet!
If you have done this quiz, please tell me in comments where you posted it as I'd love to have a look.
1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: 'Alley' if it were down south; I'd try to use 'ginnel' up north.
2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: a jumper.
3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: Bunking off.
4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Unoriginally, 'It'.
5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: No idea.
6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bagsy.
7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: Plimsolls, or specifically Green Flash.
8. Small round bread: a roll, or sometimes a bap.
9. Sweet course that follows the main course: pudding.
10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Gone.
11. Generic term for a bird: No idea!
12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Pancake.
13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: London doesn't do local like that.
14. Term of endearment: Sweetie.
15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: Softie.
16. Tourists: tourists.
17. A field boundary: hedge.
18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" : cows, barn.
19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: I'm cold and hungry!
20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: you demur. What do they call you, by way of a derisive taunt?: scaredy-cat.
21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery is a ____: Medallion man? :)
22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thank you.
23. Generic friendly greeting: Hi!
24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: None.
25. Slang term for left-handed: None!
26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow?: sh-ROSE-bree, NEW-car-ss'l, gl-AZ-go.
27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: Sandwich.
28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: I can't remember any other than the primary-school one of putting one finger on the lips and saying 'UMMmmmmmm!' in a low-to-rising-falling over-the-top sort of tone.
29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts you care to name: None.
30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: miseryguts.
31. Potatoes: Spuds, but not in general use in immediate family. Northern grandparents used this.
32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: crumpet!
