moggsoceanlane

moggsoceanlane Hi it's moggs oceanlane. I'm doing the accent/dialect meme. I'm a 5th generation Aussie on one side with distant and not-so-distant family backgrounds of English, Welsh, French. The main word list: Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught Additional words from variations of this meme: Pillow, Toothpick, aluminium, Eggs, February, Often, Almond, Roof, Candidate, Jewelry, Library, Clothes, Drown, Espresso, Pasta, Miniature, Melbourne, Triathlon, Roll, comfortable, orange, both, tour, sure, Nevada, chocolate, drawer, Ramen Noodles, Caribbean, envelope, coffee, Reese's Pieces, data, About, Morning, Stocking, Stalking, Cot, Caught, Grocery, our, Questions to answer: * What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house? * What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball? (retrospectively, for Aussies this question might be: "when you lift up a stone or pot plant what bugs will you see running around crazily looking for another damp/moist place for cover?") * What is the bubbly carbonated drink called? * What do you call gym shoes? * What do you say to address a group of people? * What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? * What do you call your grandparents? * What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? * What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? * What is the thing you change the TV channel with? * A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? * What is the place you go to "relieve" yourself? * A metal container to carry a meal in? * The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? * The piece of furniture that seats three people? * The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? * The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? * The place in your city where city hall is? * A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? * A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? * The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? * Shoes worn for sports? * Putting a room in order? * A flying insect that glows in the dark? * What do you say when answering the phone? * 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? * How do you eat your pizza? * When private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? * The evening meal? * The children's game where one person has the task of catching any other whereupon they are given the same task? You may also find the Dialect Survey (shared by Sarah the Red on Plurk) interesting - you'll find it at: http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html (There's a few different words listed there and lots more questions).