I'm finfishing up an eight year college career in a couple of weeks but have one last project I have to do. I'd appreciate it if yous guys could help me out and take the time to fill out this questionairre
Age:
Ethnicity:
Where were you raised:
Gender:

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold?
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house?
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage?
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs?
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich?
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers?
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying?
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room?
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street?

I really appreciate anyone's response, thanks

Hey Lukin,
Here we Go.
Age: 40 old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway.
Ethnicity: Caucasian Mutt
Where I was raised?? L.A. Lower Arkansas ElDorado to be exact.
Gender: Male

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold? Refrigerator, only it's beer not food.
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house? Sheetrock, or paneling.
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage? Soda
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs? Freeway
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich?
Mine. Also known as a Hoagie, Hero, Sub, or Dagwood.
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers? Comforter
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying?
Frying Pan. When used as a projectile, it is called a skillet
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room? Couch, CoffeeTable, Coolerdor
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street? Turning Lane, sometimes known as the headon collision lane.

Hope this helps
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

Caucasian
San Jose, Ca
Male

Refgrigerator
Dry Wall
Soda
Freeway
Heartburn
Comforter
Skillet
Couch
Left Turn lane

Oh yeah......39 years old....and getting older by the second

Something to do with Geographical dialect?
36
Caucasion
upstate NY
Male

1: 'fridgerator
2: Drywall
3: Soda (everyone else in this area calls it "pop"
4: expressway
5: Sub
6: Comforter
7: Frying pan
8: couch
9: Turning lane

good luck, Paul

Age: 30
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Raised: Minot, ND
Gender: M

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold? Fridge
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house? Dry Wall
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage? Soda
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs? Highway
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich? Dagwood
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers? Comforter
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying? Skillet
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room? Couch
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street? Turning Lane







street?

yeah it has to do with dialect and vocabulary differences within the nation. Its for my History of the English language class.

36
American
Yakima, WA
Male

1. Fridge
2. Dry wall
3. Soda
4. Highway
5. Sub sandwich
6. Comforter
7. Skillet
8. Couch
9. Turn Lane

Age: 42
Ethnicity: Overweight, White
Where were you raised: Kentucky
Gender: He

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold? Fridge
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house? Dry Wall
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage? Soda
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs? Interstate
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich? Sub
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers? [Seriously, I didn't know there was such a thing 'till I got married and my wife wanted one. She called it a Comforter.]
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying? Skillet
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room? Couch
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street? Turning Lane

Age: 33
Ethnicity: American of French decent
Where were you raised: West Bend, WI
Gender: Male

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold? Refrigerator or frige for short.
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house? Dry wall
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage? Soda
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs? Highway
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich? Sub
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers? Comforter
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying? A frying pan or skillet depending on its shape (frying pan has steeper sides whereas a skillet is more bowl shaped)
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room? Couch
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street? Turn lane if it is used for turning only. Otherwise its the left lane.

just topping this to get a few more replies. By the way I'm glad I was the first to catch all of my typos (finfishing, convering) two weeks from graduation with a BA in english and still I look like the fool 🙂

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Age: 44
Ethnicity: white
Where were you raised: pennsylvania
Gender: male

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold? refrigerator
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house? sheetrock
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage? soda
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs? hiway
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich? hoagie
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers? comforter
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying? frying pan
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room? couch
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street? left turn lane

31
Caucasian
Northern VA
Male

1. Refrigerator
2. Drywall
3. Beer
4. Highway
5. Big Sandwich (?)
6. Comforter
7. Frying Pan
8. Couch
9. Turn Lane


Hope this helps.

"Me fail English? That's unpossible..."

31
Caucasian
Northern VA
Male

1. Refrigerator
2. Drywall
3. Beer
4. Highway
5. Big Sandwich (?)
6. Comforter
7. Frying Pan
8. Couch
9. Turn Lane


Hope this helps.

"Me fail English? That's unpossible..."

Oops, oops.

Age: 28
Ethnicity: American
Where were you raised: Oregon
Gender: Male


1. fridge
2. sheet rock
3. pop
4. highway
5. dagwood
6. comforter
7. skillet
8. couch
9. turn lane

Age: 45
Ethnicity: caucasian
Where were you raised: Monroe Connecticut
Gender: Male

1. What is the word for the appliance that keeps food cold? Refrigerator
2. What is the word for the materials used for the inside walls of a house? sheetrock
3. What is the word for a carbonated beverage? soda
4. What is the word for a road that connects towns, and has at least 4 lanes with no stop signs? Highway
5. What is the word for a large overstuffed sandwich? dagwood
6. What is the word for a bed convering filled with feathers? Comforter
7. What is the word for a pan that you use for frying? frying pan
8. What is the word for a long peice of furniture that you putin your living room? couch
9. What is the word for the lane that people move into in order to make a left turn in the middle of the street? middle lane

Good Luck.....

Age: 52
Ethnicity: Japanese American (Buddha-head)
Raised: Honolulu (Does this disqualify me to answer an English language questionaire?)
Gender: Male

1. Icebox
2. wood
3. soda
4. road
5. sandwich (Sorry, I'm from Hawaii.)
6. down comforter
7. frying pan
8. coffee table
9. turning lane

lukin, what are you going to do with your degree?

I've got an interesting one that you can add to your list.

What do you call the device that you drink water from in public. By me we call it a bubbler. But others call it a drinking fountain or water fountain.