Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

On Sun, 4 May 2008 13:41:09 -0400, Kelly Drinkwater
<mizunomi@...> wrote:
>
>Date of birth:
1957

>Sex:
M

>Where do you currently live? (city, state/province, country)
Miami, FL, USA (by "Miami", I really mean Dade County)

>Please list the places you've lived between age 4 and age 18, with the
>most recent first:
Jacksonville, FL (17)
Miami, FL (6-16)
College Station, TX (5)
Miami, FL (4)

>Occupation:
Disabled

>Highest level of education completed:
BS (computer science)

>Ethnic heritage:
Anglo-American

>What is/are your native language(s)?
English

>Roughly how many years have you been conlanging or studying linguistics?
~35

>How many years ago did you first encounter / begin reading (not
>necessarily join / begin posting on) an online conlanging community?
8

>1. the metal device over a sink or bathtub that controls the flow of water:
>faucet, spigot, tap
faucet

>2. the apparatus from which you'd get a drink of water in a public place:
>bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain
water fountain

>3. the device that firefighters attach their hoses to:
>fire hydrant, fire plug
fire hydrant

>4. the container in which you'd put water for washing the car or the floor:
>bucket, pail
bucket

>5. a machine that performs banking services:
>ATM, automated teller, bank machine, cash machine, cash point,
>guichet, hole in the wall, money machine, commercial name (eg MAC
>machine, Instant Teller, Instabank)
ATM (sometimes, automated ATM machine)

>6. stuff you throw away:
>garbage, rubbish, trash
garbage (trash is usually stuff picked up in the yard, maybe from yard
work; "rubbish" == "nonsense")

>7. the wheeled conveyance you put your groceries in while shopping:
>basket, buggy, cart, trolley
shopping cart

>8. a shallow pan for frying eggs or meat:
>fry pan, frying pan, griddle, skillet, spider
frying pan

>9. a piece of chocolate, 4-6 inches long:
>bar, candy bar, chocolate bar
a piece of chocolate

>10. a carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage, like Coke or Sprite:
>coke, cola, cold drink, fizzy drink, pop, soda, soda pop, soft drink, tonic
soda, something to drink

>11. cooking outside over a charcoal grill in the summertime:
>barbecuing, grilling, grilling out, having a cookout
barbecuing (in fact, the same word is used all year long)

>12. a cold sandwich on a foot-long roll:
>sub(marine), hero, hoagie, grinder
sub (sandwich); a long time ago: Cuban sandwich

>13. the sweet, creamy layer on top of a cake:
>frosting, icing
icing

>14. your main evening meal:
>dinner, supper
dinner

>15. food picked up and taken home to eat:
>carry-out, take-away, take-out
take-out

>16. an appliance on which you heat food in saucepans:
>cooker, range, stove
stove (the portable kind is a hotplate)

>17. knives, forks, and spoons:
>cutlery, flatware, silverware, utensils
silverware if metal; something to eat with if plastic, or referred to specifically
as knife, fork, or spoon (cutlery refers to sharp knives of any kind; utensils
includes stuff used in cooking rather than eating, like plastic spatulas)

>18. contact someone by telephone:
>call, phone, ring, telephone, buzz
call, phone

>19. the toilet facilities in a public place:
>bathroom, facilities, ladies' room / men's room, lavatory, loo,
>restroom, toilet, washroom, WC, john
men's (ladies') room, maybe restroom
I should note that many people do use these for bathing.

>20. athletic shoes worn with jeans as casual footwear:
>gym shoes, plimsolls, runners, running shoes, sneakers, tennis shoes,
>trainers, brand name (eg Adidas)
sneakers, tennis shoes, gym shoes, or running shoes, depending on the
specific kind

>21. a sweatshirt with front pockets and a hood:
>hooded sweatshirt, hoodie, kangaroo jacket, bunnyhug
something like a sweatshirt, but with a hood and some pockets (these aren't
very common here); "hoodie" sounds like a gangster

>22. a piece of furniture that seats 3 people:
>couch, chesterfield, davenport, divan, settee, sofa
sofa

>23. a piece of furniture with drawers for socks, underwear, etc.:
>bureau, chest (of drawers), drawers, dresser, highboy
dresser (chester drawers when I was very young); I think a bureau is a fancy
sort of desk.

>24. the last letter of the alphabet:
>zed, zee
which alphabet?

>25. the place where you pay for something in a store:
>cash, cash register, cashier, check-out, till
cash register

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