This or that? random language poll

Nukke

Just some of the words DH and I disagree on.  which do you say?

soda crackers or saltines?  

 

pop, soda or coke?

peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and jelly? 

pancakes or griddle cakes?

hoodie or sweatshirt?

flatware, cutlery or silverware?

gutter or eavestrough?

whole milk or homo milk? (edited to clarify.  I'm talking about a specific kind of milk: milk that is around 3% MF) 

napkin or serviette?

pencil crayon or coloured pencil?

chocolate bar or candy bar?

 

chantico23

Nukke:

Just some of the words DH and I disagree on.  which do you say?

soda crackers or saltines?  

Just "crackers"

 

pop, soda or coke?

peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and jelly? 

pancakes or griddle cakes?

hoodie or sweatshirt?

flatware, cutlery or silverware?

gutter or eavestrough?

whole milk or homo milk?

Just milk.  Though if I needed to specify what type then I would say "Whole milk."

napkin or serviette?

pencil crayon or coloured pencil? I have no idea what this was a picture of, but I do say "colored pencil" when referring to the pencils that are colored.  I've never heard of "pencil crayon."

chocolate bar or candy bar?

 

Dyork

saltines 

 

soda  

peanut butter and jelly 

pancakes  

hoodie or sweatshirt- Depends the one in this picture I would call a hoodie, but if it doesn't have a hood then I call it a sweatshirt. 

 silverware

gutter  

whole milk 

napkin 

colored pencil? 

candy bar? 

 

Mia2700

saltines 

 

soda  

peanut butter and jelly 

pancakes  

hoodie 

 silverware

gutter  

milk 

napkin 

colored pencil? 

chocolate 

 

Tisharp

1) Saltines (or just crackers, usually)

2) Coke

3) Peanutbutter and jelly

4) Pancakes

5) Hoodie (sweatshirts don't have a hood)

6) Silverware

7) Gutters

8) Whole milk

9) Napkins

10) ??? this picture doesn't work

11) Candy bar

StaceB2010

We call them by this in our house. 

Crackers

Soda

Peanut-butter and Jelly

Pancakes

 hoodie but only if it's a pullover kind tho.

silverware

gutter

 Just milk

napkin

 coloured pencil

candy bar

 

Nukke

soda crackers

pop   To me, "soda" refers to soda water, and "coke" refers to cokacola

peanut butter and jam Anything with little bits of fruit or seeds in it is jam.  I don't even think I've seen jelly before, aside from grape jelly.  Jelly is like gelatine... just a clear coloured sorta spread with no fruity bits.

pancakes

hoodie Adam Sandler taught me what "sweatshirt" was.

 cutlery This was incredibly frustrating when I went to register, and I'd type in cutlery and get steak knives. 

 eavestrough.  A gutter is the thing that runs along the side of a street.  The edge of your roof is an eaves.  The trough that surrounds it is an eavestrough.  To me, "gutter" is that shallow sort of ditch you see on the side of the roads, or surrounding houses in rainy countries.  Sometimes they're covered in cement.  like this:

 

every now and then I'll call the side of the road a gutter--particularly if there is water in it:

 

homo milk.   short for homogenized milk.

serviette. I usually say serviette if it's paper.  Napkin if it's cloth.

pencil crayon

chocolate bar

Anabeth420

Cracker

 

Soda, or the brand name

PB and jelly

Pancakes 

Hoodie

Silverware

rain gutter

milk

napkin

colored pencil

the devil

kjhharris

1) Saltines2) Soda3) Peanutbutter and jelly4) Pancakes5) Hoodie (sweatshirts don't have hoods)6) Silverware7) Gutters8) Milk (if specifying, whole milk)9) Napkins10) Colored pencil11) Candy bar (and LOL at Ana's answer of "the devil")

MC22

1) Saltines, or just crackers

2) Soda

3) PB & Jelly

4) Pancakes

5) Hoodie (or jacket)

6) Silverware

7) Gutter

8) Just milk - we only buy a certain kind, so no need to specify for me

9) Napkin

10) Picture doesn't work?  I assume these are colored pencils, though...like what they called map pencils in school.

11) Candy bar

schuette2

Nukke:

Just some of the words DH and I disagree on.  which do you say?

soda crackers or saltines?  

 

pop, soda or coke?

peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and jelly? 

pancakes or griddle cakes?

hoodie or sweatshirt? Either one.

flatware, cutlery or silverware?

gutter or eavestrough?

whole milk or homo milk? (edited to clarify.  I'm talking about a specific kind of milk: milk that is around 3% MF) Milk is milk.

napkin or serviette?

pencil crayon or colored pencil?

chocolate bar or candy bar?

 

Nukke

I'm starting to get really confused here.  Does no one distinguish between the MF content of milk if they needed to?  I'm not asking what you usually drink.  When DH or I buy milk, we automatically know we need to buy 2% cause that's what we drink in our home.  We don't write "2% milk" on the list, we just write "milk".  But, let's say I want to lose weight, and decide to switch from 2% to 1%.. I'd be more likely to refer to it as "skim milk" than as "1% milk".  Likewise, if I had a recipe that needed something fattier, I'd verbally ask DH to buy "homo milk" versus "yeah pick up something that's between 3 and 5%" or "please buy whole milk".  Would you still just send your husband to the store for "milk"?  How would he know what kind you wanted? 

nfp147

Nukke:

Just some of the words DH and I disagree on.  which do you say?

soda just "crackers" or saltines?  

 

pop, soda or coke (if it's actually Coke)?

peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and jelly? 

pancakes or griddle cakes?

hoodie or sweatshirt?  Neither.  In Saskatchewan, the province I am from, we call them "bunnyhugs".

flatware, cutlery or silverware?

gutter or eavestrough?

whole milk or homo milk? (edited to clarify.  I'm talking about a specific kind of milk: milk that is around 3% MF) 

napkin or serviette?

pencil crayon or coloured pencil?

chocolate bar or candy bar?

 

Tisharp

Nukke:

I'm starting to get really confused here.  Does no one distinguish between the MF content of milk if they needed to?  I'm not asking what you usually drink.  When DH or I buy milk, we automatically know we need to buy 2% cause that's what we drink in our home.  We don't write "2% milk" on the list, we just write "milk".  But, let's say I want to lose weight, and decide to switch from 2% to 1%.. I'd be more likely to refer to it as "skim milk" than as "1% milk".  Likewise, if I had a recipe that needed something fattier, I'd verbally ask DH to buy "homo milk" versus "yeah pick up something that's between 3 and 5%" or "please buy whole milk".  Would you still just send your husband to the store for "milk"?  How would he know what kind you wanted? 

 

We always buy 2%.  If I had a recipe that needed whole milk, then I'd just say whole milk.  I've never heard the term homo milk, and sad as it is, if I asked Keith to pick up some homo milk, he'd giggle like a 12 year old.  lol

Nukke

TishaPayne:

We always buy 2%.  If I had a recipe that needed whole milk, then I'd just say whole milk.  I've never heard the term homo milk, and sad as it is, if I asked Keith to pick up some homo milk, he's giggle like a 12 year old.  lol

haha, thanks for answering.  yeah, Matt giggles too.  it's unfortunate that I don't have this picture anymore, but I used to have a photo of a carton of 2% in my fridge that proclaimed in big letters that it "tastes like homo". 

edit:  found a similar one on flickr:

Nukke

nfp147:

hoodie or sweatshirt?  Neither.  In Saskatchewan, the province I am from, we call them "bunnyhugs".

I've heard of this before from you Saskachewanians, though someone told me it only referred to the hoodies with the kangaroo pouch in the front.  Is that true?  Or do you say it for all hoodies?

MC22

I guess between whole milk and homo milk, I would refer to it as whole milk.  But I literally never specify between the two.  Even if a recipe called for whole milk, I would still use the 2% that we always have in our house. 

chantico23

MC22:

I guess between whole milk and homo milk, I would refer to it as whole milk.  But I literally never specify between the two.  Even if a recipe called for whole milk, I would still use the 2% that we always have in our house. 

 

Once again, I agree completely with Megan.  I never buy whole milk, and when a recipe calls for it I still use 2%.  So I call all milk "milk," assume that it is 2%, and if I need to specify something else then I will say "nonfat" or "whole."  I didn't know that gay people had their own variety of milk.

chantico23

gut?ter

?noun

1.  a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.

2.  a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.

3.  any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid.

chantico23

Nukke:

haha, thanks for answering.  yeah, Matt giggles too.  it's unfortunate that I don't have this picture anymore, but I used to have a photo of a carton of 2% in my fridge that proclaimed in big letters that it "tastes like homo". 

edit:  found a similar one on flickr:

 

LOL!  That's some milk I think I'll pass on tasting!  

lavieboheme73

1) Just crackers...we specify if it's to be club crackers, or Ritz crackers, for instance, but around here, when someone says "crackers", they're going to get saltines.
2) Soda.  Where I come from, "pop" is your Grandpa.
3) Peanut butter and jelly.  I only say "jam" if it's actually jam.  I sometimes even go so far as to say "preserves", since they're all different, but honestly, I can't stand the stuff, so I don't usually refer to it at all.
4) Pancakes5) Hoodie
6) Silverware7) Gutters.  I have never in my life heard of an "eavestrough", but I have to say, I kind of like the quaint sound of the word.
8) Just milk.  I always use the same kind (skim, if you care to know).  If I'm saying something like "I never drink whole milk" (I really don't, it makes me puke), then I'll refer to it by type...whole, 2%, 1%, skim, or soy.
9) Napkins10) Colored pencil11) Candy bar (or, in case of extreme craving, "that was tasty.")

Boynton1286

Nukke:

Just some of the words DH and I disagree on.  which do you say?

Crackers, same as Erin, we specify between Ritz or Club.   

 

Pop, or specify by brand (Coke, Pepsi) 

 Peanut butter and jelly, but I did hear that they refer to Jell-o as Jelly in England. 

pancakes 

hoodie or sweatshirt-both, Hoodie-is thin (shirt-like) and sweatshirt is thick (with or without a hood.) 

                         silverware

gutter (and the part that goes down is the down-spout) 

We use 2% so it is just milk and then specify what kind (whole milk) if needed for a recipe.

napkin  

colored pencil?

candy bar AKA delicious piece of heaven  

 

LVoldemort

Oh yeah, HOMO milk.  It's Canada's top choice to go with the Ne.gro Licorice!

EmDizzle

In the states, almost all milk is homogenized.  If it's not, the some cream sits on the surface, and you have to shake it up real well or clumps of cream sit on top your cereal.  I actually buy my milk from a local farm that explicitly says on the carton 'Not Homogenized'.  Is 'not homogenized' the norm up north?

Nukke

EmDizzle:

In the states, almost all milk is homogenized.  If it's not, the some cream sits on the surface, and you have to shake it up real well or clumps of cream sit on top your cereal.  I actually buy my milk from a local farm that explicitly says on the carton 'Not Homogenized'.  Is 'not homogenized' the norm up north?

no, all our milk is homogenized.  Just to make things more confusing, when it isn't homogenized, we tend to call it "whole milk".  

Nukke

erindworley:

gut?ter

?noun

1.  a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.

2.  a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.

3.  any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid.

eaves trough doesn't seem to be used in the states much anymore, but it's still in Canada.

eaves trough

Noun: eavestrough  'eevz,tr?f Usage: Canadian U.S. regional gutter: a gutter on a building   A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater - gutter, trough Derived forms: eavestroughs, eaves trough (plural eaves troughs) Definition: U.S. regional Regional History The Northern terms eaves trough and eaves spout extend from New England through the Midwest. In the earlier part of the 20th century, the eaves trough form was general currency in New England and New York State, from Albany westward. At that time, eaves spout prevailed in the Western Reserve of Ohio. Indeed, that term was recorded for "rain gutter" as early as 1846 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Both terms have currency across the Western states to the Pacific coast, from Washington to California, where they survive as less common alternatives. Today they have been challenged or overtaken by the general currency terms rain gutter or gutter and downspout. In the Southern states, with the exception of the occasional occurrence of trough, the terms have been generally replaced by gutter.

chantico23

Nukke:

erindworley:

gut?ter

?noun

1.  a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.

2.  a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.

3.  any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid.

eaves trough doesn't seem to be used in the states much anymore, but it's still in Canada.

eaves trough

Noun: eavestrough  'eevz,tr?f Usage: Canadian U.S. regional gutter: a gutter on a building   A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater - gutter, trough Derived forms: eavestroughs, eaves trough (plural eaves troughs) Definition: U.S. regional Regional History The Northern terms eaves trough and eaves spout extend from New England through the Midwest. In the earlier part of the 20th century, the eaves trough form was general currency in New England and New York State, from Albany westward. At that time, eaves spout prevailed in the Western Reserve of Ohio. Indeed, that term was recorded for "rain gutter" as early as 1846 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Both terms have currency across the Western states to the Pacific coast, from Washington to California, where they survive as less common alternatives. Today they have been challenged or overtaken by the general currency terms rain gutter or gutter and downspout. In the Southern states, with the exception of the occasional occurrence of trough, the terms have been generally replaced by gutter.

 

I wasn't knocking your use of eavestrough.  I'd never heard of that word before today, but I think it is very sophisticated and British sounding.  I just posted the definition of "gutter" to point out that gutter simply means "a channel that collects water" (not just on the street).  Keep using eavestrough!  Doesn't bother me one bit.  Kind of like Australians calling gum a "chewie."  I would get odd looks if I called it that here in OK, but in Australia it is the correct word to use, so if I were in Australia I would use it...and if I were in Canada I would probably learn to call gutters "eavestroughs."

Nukke

erindworley:

Nukke:

erindworley:

gut?ter

?noun

1.  a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.

2.  a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.

3.  any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid.

eaves trough doesn't seem to be used in the states much anymore, but it's still in Canada.

eaves trough

Noun: eavestrough  'eevz,tr?f Usage: Canadian U.S. regional gutter: a gutter on a building   A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater - gutter, trough Derived forms: eavestroughs, eaves trough (plural eaves troughs) Definition: U.S. regional Regional History The Northern terms eaves trough and eaves spout extend from New England through the Midwest. In the earlier part of the 20th century, the eaves trough form was general currency in New England and New York State, from Albany westward. At that time, eaves spout prevailed in the Western Reserve of Ohio. Indeed, that term was recorded for "rain gutter" as early as 1846 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Both terms have currency across the Western states to the Pacific coast, from Washington to California, where they survive as less common alternatives. Today they have been challenged or overtaken by the general currency terms rain gutter or gutter and downspout. In the Southern states, with the exception of the occasional occurrence of trough, the terms have been generally replaced by gutter.

 

I wasn't knocking your use of eavestrough.  I'd never heard of that word before today, but I think it is very sophisticated and British sounding.  I just posted the definition of "gutter" to point out that gutter simply means "a channel that collects water" (not just on the street).  Keep using eavestrough!  Doesn't bother me one bit.  Kind of like Australians calling gum a "chewie."  I would get odd looks if I called it that here in OK, but in Australia it is the correct word to use, so if I were in Australia I would use it...and if I were in Canada I would probably learn to call gutters "eavestroughs."

I never considered you were knocking my use of eavestrough. I would never consider switching from eavestrough to gutter, and probably couldn't even if I tried and--likewise--you shouldn't consider switching from gutter to eavestrough, even if you were in Canada.  I only wrote the definition 'cause I thought i was interesting to see that it used to be used in the states, where I thought it was a purely canadian word.  

I put this quiz up for interest sake, not to point out the "right" and "wrong" way to say things.  DH and I laugh over these funny little differences almost every day.  You wouldn't believe just how many there are and I would never dream of changing his speak to "Canadian", and visa versa.  Every now and then, though, we find ourselves unconsciously picking up the others "isms".  Like, my pronunciation of pasta has changed from p-ass-ta to p-aw-sta.

eta: OMG I hope our kids don't end up saying stupid combinations of things like "eavesgutter" or "soda pop"<--like they're from the 1950s.

mlhw NH

Nukke:

Just some of the words DH and I disagree on.  which do you say?

soda crackers or saltines?  

 

pop, soda or coke?

peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and jelly? 

pancakes or griddle cakes?

hoodie or sweatshirt?

flatware, cutlery or silverware?

gutter or eavestrough?

whole milk or homo milk? (edited to clarify.  I'm talking about a specific kind of milk: milk that is around 3% MF) 

napkin or serviette?

pencil crayon or coloured pencil?

chocolate bar or candy bar?

 

chantico23

Nukke:

eta: OMG I hope our kids don't end up saying stupid combinations of things like "eavesgutter" or "soda pop"<--like they're from the 1950s.

 

This made me laugh out loud!

lavieboheme73

Nukke:

eta: OMG I hope our kids don't end up saying stupid combinations of things like "eavesgutter" or "soda pop"<--like they're from the 1950s.

 

Meh...you could just refer to them as "vintage"...wouldn't work for anyone else, but you might just be able to pull it off!