Karen & Paul from Woodland, CA.
Lauren Gibson wrote:
> Hello! I am doing research for a paper on Regional Dialects and I desperately need
>your help. If you could, please tell me what city/state you are from and then read
>the descriptions of words and tell me what word you would use to go along with that
>description(what word I am describing). It won't take long, I promise! Thank you for
>your time.
>
> Example: place where a train stops : station, railway station, depot, train stop,
> train station, or railroad station
>
> 1) Center of a peach: pit
> 2) to put a single room of the house in order: tidy up
> 3) web hanging from the ceiling of a room: spider web
> 4) large open metal container for scrub water: scrub bucket
> 5) grass strip in the center of a divided road: meridian or center divide
> 6) policeman: Law enforcement officer
> 7) place where packaged groceries can be purchased: grocery store
> 8) insect that glows at night: fireflies
> 9) a carbonated drink: cola
> 10) food eaten between regular meals: snacks
> 11) someone who is from the country: American
> 12) someone who won't change his mind is said to be: Bull headed
> 13) fast-moving amusement park ride (on tracks): Roller Coaster
> 14) paper container for groceries: paper bag
>
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