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Quiz: Speaking American
- princess garnet
- Bibliophile
- Location: Maryland
Quiz: Speaking American
Thought this article about regional words in the US was an interesting read. Enjoy!
- Misfit
- Bibliomaniac
- Location: Seattle, WA
Re: Quiz: Speaking American
Like in the NW, prawns are the large shrimp and the baby shrimp are shrimp. I think on the east they're all shrimp 
Coffee Nudges (west coast) are Keoke Coffee on the east. More from my bartending days, bourbon and water for us I think in parts south are bourbon and branch. Oh, and Rye Whiskey in a Canadian's mind is something like Seagrams Seven and NOT Old Overholt Rye Whiskey. That was a learning curve from a very surprised customer.

Coffee Nudges (west coast) are Keoke Coffee on the east. More from my bartending days, bourbon and water for us I think in parts south are bourbon and branch. Oh, and Rye Whiskey in a Canadian's mind is something like Seagrams Seven and NOT Old Overholt Rye Whiskey. That was a learning curve from a very surprised customer.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- Lisa
- Bibliophile
- Favorite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
- Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
- Location: Northeast Scotland
Re: Quiz: Speaking American
So that's what a hoagie is.
Where I am in Scotland we say:
Where I am in Scotland we say:
- Rubbish bin
Sub if we're in an actual Subway shop, otherwise it's just a sandwich
Fizzy juice
Sneakers
- Misfit
- Bibliomaniac
- Location: Seattle, WA
Re: Quiz: Speaking American
Lisa wrote:So that's what a hoagie is.
Where I am in Scotland we say:Rubbish bin
Sub if we're in an actual Subway shop, otherwise it's just a sandwich
Fizzy juice
Sneakers
Trash can.
Ditto.
Been so long I ordered anything but water and/or carbonated water I haven't a clue

Tennis shoes.
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Currently reading: The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham & How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
- Location: Essex/London
Re: Quiz: Speaking American
Misfit wrote:Lisa wrote:So that's what a hoagie is.
Trash can.
Ditto.
Been so long I ordered anything but water and/or carbonated water I haven't a clue![]()
Tennis shoes.
It's been:
Rubbish bin, or just bin
Don't go into Subway so it's usually either sandwich or roll/baguette
Fizzy juice sounds a bit of a contradiction, usually I just call it a fizzy drink, which I rarely have
Trainers, as in training shoes, or plimsolls, haven't called them tennis shoes since I was at school, when we had white plimsolls for tennis, and black plimsolls for everything else!
Currently reading "How to stop time" by Matt Haig & "The Miller's Dance" by Winston Graham