Semantic Nonsense
Dec. 4th, 2003 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksOK, I think I get how this works now -- answer the question with what you would call the thing, and see how different people call different things. Like, is it a lunchbox, or a lunchpale? Or something lke that.
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?Little brother Grocery cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? Pan (or Frying Pan)
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? Couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? Coke (or Soda, if there's confusion)
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? Bathing suit
12. Shoes worn for sports? Tennis shoes
13. Putting a room in order? Straightening
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? Pill bug
16. 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? See-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza? From the tip to the crust -- best for last, baby.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage sale or Yard sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? Stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? Pan (or Frying Pan)
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? Couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? Gutter
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? Porch
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? Coke (or Soda, if there's confusion)
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? Sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? Bathing suit
12. Shoes worn for sports? Tennis shoes
13. Putting a room in order? Straightening
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? Firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? Pill bug
16. 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? See-saw
17. How do you eat your pizza? From the tip to the crust -- best for last, baby.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Garage sale or Yard sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner
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Date: 2003-12-05 08:54 am (UTC)Shoes worn for sports? sneakers
The little insect that curls up into a ball? a roley-poley...hey, I was young when I use to call them that.
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Date: 2003-12-05 09:23 am (UTC)