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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:36 pm
1. If today is Wed, December 3, then how do you refer to Saturday, December 6? Saturday or this Saturday We always referred to the following Saturday as "Saturday Week" and I'm guessing that was a Georgia saying. 2. For reference sake, let's say you are currently visiting me in the Mountain Time Zone. It is 9:15 AM. Is California an hour earlier than us, or an hour later than us? Earlier 3. When you refer to the meal you eat after breakfast do you call it lunch or dinner? Lunch, but the big meal of the day is dinner which can be at lunch or at supper time 4. When referring to the 3rd meal of the day, do you call it dinner or supper? Supper. 5. Do you call the long piece of furniture you sit on a couch or a sofa? Couch or sofa - but the proper term is sofa because it has cushioned seat, back and arms, while couches don't have arms or a back. A Davenport is huge, long, upholstered, has only one long cushion to sit on and refers to a brand name. A Divan is a long cushioned seat with pillow back and no arms. 6. If you have to change your doctor's appointment from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm do you ask the receptionist to move your appointment ahead two hours or back two hours? Neither. I'd say can I change my appointment to 5pm. 7. If someone asks "do you mind if I sit here?", do you say yes or no? Usually I say, no, I don't mind. 8. What do you call the road that runs parallel to the freeway? Frontage road and sometimes feeder or access, depending on the person I'm talking to
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:23 pm
9. For the ladies, do you use a: Purse, Handbag, Pocketbook, Wallet, Clutch, Bag, Or? For me it changes from one to another depending on the bag, but it's usually my purse.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:42 pm
9. I have a wallet in my purse.
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:10 pm
1. This Saurday 2. Earlier 3. Lunch 4. Dinner 5. Sofa 6. Neither. Please change to 5:00pm 7. Yes, unless I am holding the seat for someone. 8. Service road 9. Handbag
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:25 pm
9. I carry a wallet inside my pocketbook.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:29 pm
9. I carry my wallet in my purse.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:38 pm
6. If you have to change your doctor's appointment from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm do you ask the receptionist to move your appointment ahead two hours or back two hours? I'd just ask to change it to 5:00. 7. If someone asks "do you mind if I sit here?", do you say yes or no? No, not at all. 8. What do you call the road that runs parallel to the freeway? Access or service road. We don't use the word freeway. We call it an expressway. 9. For the ladies, do you use a: Purse, Handbag, Pocketbook, Wallet, Clutch, Bag, Or? Purse. I might put a wallet in my purse.
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:09 pm
I carry a purse that has too much crap in it.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:57 pm
9. I carry my purse in my handbag.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:16 pm
9. I carry a wallet in my purse.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:23 pm
8. frontage road 9. I only really need my state ID and my medical insurance cards, so I just put them in my pocket and don't carry anything except my cane which I mostly lean on and don't so much carry.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 2:41 am
wallet in purse To me a pocketbook is a paperback book, usually a novel.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 5:38 am
9. I carry my wallet in my purse.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 5:43 am
9. Purse
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 7:20 am
9. purse if I take anything...on the weekends and stuff I just usually go without or use my pockets
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 10:30 am
10. Do you go UPTOWN or DOWNTOWN, when you go into the center of the city? Downtown My grandmother used to always say uptown.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 10:33 am
downtown. in Boston we have Downtown Crossing.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 10:35 am
Downtown
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 10:39 am
we actually have a downtown area and an uptown area.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 10:55 am
10. I grew up in a very small town, 1 sq. mile, pop. about 4500. There I always went uptown. But going into the "big" city was downtown. Where I live now, I just say I'm going into town.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 10:59 am
10. Neither I guess
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 11:41 am
10. into town or downtown, depending on the town
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 12:23 pm
10. Downtown
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 1:31 pm
9. For the ladies, do you use a: Purse, Handbag, Pocketbook, Wallet, Clutch, Bag, Or? I keep my billfold in my purse. 10. Do you go UPTOWN or DOWNTOWN, when you go into the center of the city? In the small town I grew up in it was uptown. The town I live in neither - just say I'm going to mail the water bill, to the Post Office, Fareway, HyVee, etc. In Des Moines or Louisville it's downtown.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, December 05, 2008 - 2:43 pm
10. Downtown to me means the center hub of the city or town, and uptown is more like an adjective describing an elite thing.
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