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Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 5:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And in Vancouver, north is where the mountains are -- so you always know what direction you're in by where the mountains are!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 5:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Like Kaili, I've never referred to them. Following your instructions, I just posted the first thing that came to mind. Now, if I saw a similar thing in the homes of my friends who quilt, I would think of them as quilting pieces. (In that scenario, they would all be matching, arranged near a sewing machine, probably with a partially-made quilt nearby. )

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, I have got to stop giving directions!

Mak, how come you didn't tell Annie how to get to your house? Doesn't it go somethin' like, "Oh, you can't get heah from theyah" ?

Say, who hijacked this thread anyway?!!!!

Lyn
Member

08-07-2002

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Donuts
Quilting Squares
Boulevard
Hopscotch
Potluck

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol, Vee! I think that expression is true in some parts of the state.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Directions? I copy directions from Mapquest for people!!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just in case you think that I am making this stuff up as I go along...ahem!

Donuts, or as Puppy says "do-nots" are also called cymbals and even cruellers (I know!) in some places.

In Chicago, hopscotch is known as "sky blue" and in Manhattan it is known as "potsy."

In my orbit, pot-lucks are known as pot blessings and just as Schoolmarm said, they are known as "pitch-ins" in Indiana. In northern Illinois, they are known as "scrambles." I like that one!

Scraps of cloth are called "scrids" in New England or "squids." In the South, they are called "scrimption."

If you would like to provide "official" input to the great debate over what to call the patch of grass between the sidewalk and the street, check HERE.

Babyruth's "lawn extension" sounds great to me or Kitt's "grass verge."

I think that I have one or two more days worth of stuff and then we'll allow this thread to fade gently into the grass verge. (That is, unless any of you have some to share.)

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 2:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Donuts

Swatches or quilt squares?

Tree space (at least in Michigan)

Hopscotch

Pot luck

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 2:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
According to THIS SITE #3 is the Parkway.

Citruscitygal
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08-07-2003

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 3:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Donuts
Swatches
Parkway (maybe that's a CA thing)
Hopscotch
Pot Luck

Vee
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02-23-2004

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Today’s What do You Call...it

1. fall What do you call the season before winter?

2. avocado What do you call this pulpy green edible fruit with a large pit?

3. casserole What do you call this sort of food item suitable for taking to a pitch-in?

4. creek What do you call a small body of running water held within its own banks?

5. frosting What do you call what’s slathered on the top and sides of a cake (besides poison) ?

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Fall
2. Avocado
3. Casserole
4. If it's little it's a Creek, if a bit bigger a stream. Big ones are rivers.
5. Frosting on a regular cake. Icing on a wedding cake. (MOM decorated wedding cakes and we had a distinction in the fridge...you could eat the frosting but not the icing!)

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
casserole
if it's here it's a bayou, anywhere else a brook
icing

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
casserole
stream
frosting

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fall
Avacado (yum!!!!!!)
Casserole
If medium sized, a stream. If small, a creek. And not "crick"..."creek".
Frosting

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
casserole
stream
frosting


edited to add, just scrolled back to the last set. "Lawn extension" is something I never heard before moving to SE Michigan, but it's what they say in this here neck of the woods. The city/town owns it and is responsible for any trees on it.


Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
casserole
river or creek (depending on size)
frosting


Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
cassarole
creek (my Delaware-raised dh says 'crik')
icing (with apologies to Marm's mom!)

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
casserole
stream
icing



Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fall
avocado
casserole
stream, creek
frosting

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Fall
2. Avocado
3. Casserole
4. Stream
5. Icing

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Autumn
2. Avocado
3. Casserole
4. Creek
5. Frosting

'squeek' mouse

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
These are Crullers up here:
Tim

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Fall
2. Avacado
3. Casserole
4. Creek (I have cousins in central Kansas that prounounce it Crick - never understood that)
5. Frosting/Icing interchangeably.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. fall
2. avocado
3. casserole
4. brook or creeeeeeeeeeeeeek
5. icing