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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Dang, Tess beat me to it. I was wondering if any of the Canadians were going to say Chesterfield for #5. The first time I heard a Canadian say it, I had no idea what she was saying. I have never heard an American (or an Aussie, for that matter) say Chesterfield. I have heard Americans, usually older people, well, REAL old people, because I am old, say davenport.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
3.lunch
4.dinner sometimes supper but usually when i am saying 'supper time', but it's always 'dinner is on the table'
5.couch
6.i need to change my appointment
7.no, please sit

here's a new one...
8. what do you call the road that runs parallel to the freeway?
feeder

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
1. Saturday or this Saturday, or this coming Saturday when I think I need to be extra clear about it.

2. It's earlier because it's earlier in the day. Don't go there with the International Dateline- that always just confuses me.

3/4. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

5. Couch...my grandma calls it a davenport and I always thought she had some special couch when I was little.

6. Honestly, I would say the time I want it moved to- I wouldn't say mopve it back or forward. But if I had to choose, I would probably have it moved forward-in daylight savings you move fall back (to an earlier time) and spring forward (to a later time) so I think I would use it the same way.

7. I'd say "No, go ahead".....unless I really did mind!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
8 frontage road

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
By the way...

Davenport is the name of a series of sofas manufactured by the now-defunct A.H. Davenport Company. Due to the popularity of the furniture at the time, the name "Davenport" has become a genericized trademark like "Kleenex" or "Band-Aid." It is often used as a synonym for "sofa", especially in the Midwestern United States and in northern New York state. Specifically, it is used in the Adirondack Region and the Tughill Plateau, especially amongst those born there before World War II. The so-called Davenports of the northern New York region are often locally made sofa versions of the locally manufactured convertible Adirondack Chair.

(wikipedia)

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
8. the road next to the freeway

Naja
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06-28-2003

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
8. Frontage road

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
btw, we never use the term "freeway" here. Either highway or expressway or tollway...

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
8. Road, as in what's that road over there?

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lunch
Dinner
Sofa

Ok I can't figure out where I'm missing the original questions for 6 7 8 or 9 or 10. Maybe put them in color?? Please and thank you.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
6. Move it up.
7. No I don't mind.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
8. feeder

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Jooj, my mom says Chesterfield. I say both couch or sofa, interchangeably. But it's really a sofa-bed. Confused yet? LOL

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
Iv'e seen it called a feeder road, frontage road and a trunk road.

I call it a feeder road.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
8. Frontage road

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. This Saturday.
2. Earlier
3. Lunch (My southern grandparents used to call lunch, dinner, and the last meal of the day, supper.)
4. Dinner
5. Couch
6. Make it later
7. No, I don't mind.. (unless you're the pushy woman who tried to share a very small space at the cruise ship show last week. She didn't ask but tried to sit. I moved over and told her it was taken)
8. In my area we call it an access road. I've heard frontage road used, though.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
8. "the road that runs parallel to the freeway"

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
1. If today is Wed, December 3, then how do you refer to Saturday, December 6?
Saturday.

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 grew up calling it dinner.

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, but Gramma called it a davenport, and one of my friends calls it a divan.

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?
Sorry this seat is taken. Unless it's somebody I know.

8. What do you call the road that runs parallel to the freeway?
Frontage road. But we don't say freeway it's highway or interstate.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i have always thought of it being a highway or interstate once it leaves the city, but within the city it's a freeway.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
not in Boston a highway is a highway no matter where you are.

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
I call it a freeway, but the road that runs with it we call it a service road.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
Here an interstate is a freeway that connects to another state; a highway is not as high-speed as a freeway and may have traffic lights on it. A freeway has on- and off-ramps, speed limits starting at 55mph (for large trucks and cars pulling trailers) and going up from there to 70 or 75mph depending on the area. There are no stop signs or traffic lights on a freeway.

Bookworm
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12-18-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bookworm a private message Print Post    
1. If today is Wed, December 3, then how do you refer to Saturday, December 6?
Saturday or this saturday

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

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, but my mom and grandma call it a davenport. Took my kids a while to figure that one out, but now they understand that piece of furniture at couch/sofa/davenport (call it couch though)

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?
nope, meaning it's okay to sit there.

8. What do you call the road that runs parallel to the freeway?
Frontage road. But we don't say freeway it's highway or interstate.

many of my answers are the same as serate's, but we live within an hour of each other... :-)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
8. Frontage road

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
many of my answers are the same as serate's, but we live within an hour of each other...

Bookie's just nicer than I am and will allow strangers to sit next to her.