meme

picked up from wildmagelet. at first i couldn't figure it out, haha. especially since i found myself having a lot of answers in common with hers.

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
- also creek
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
- a cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
- also lunch box, if it's an actual box. if it's a plastic container, it's tupperware. hehehe.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
- we also call it frying pan here
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
- mostly we call it sofa, but couch is also becoming more common
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
- haha i don't know, in filipino we call it alulod
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
- if it's at the front, it's a porch. at the back, it's a terrace. hanging, it's a balcony.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
- softdrink, or more commonly, by their proper brand. coke or pepsi.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
- pancakes/hotcakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
- submarine? i actually thought Subway subs. or just plain sandwich. but if it's hotdog, it's called hotdog sandwich. heheh.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
- swim trunks... but on second thought, guys here don't wear trunks unless they're competing in a swim meet. so maybe shorts.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
- rubber shoes
13. Putting a room in order.
- cleaning
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
- firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
- whuh? i don't know this one
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.
- seesaw
17. How do you eat your pizza?
- if in a restaurant, with a fork and knife. if at home, straight from the box to my mouth. or on a plate, sometimes.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
- garage sale
19. What's the evening meal?
- supper, but here it's mostly called dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
- basement. but we don't have furnaces.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
- i know we also call it something other than fountain, but i don't remember.
I Am: a filipino currently living in the philippines, and we learned english the way most americans speak it on tv.