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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:31 am
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.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:43 am
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
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:43 am
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!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:44 am
8 frontage road
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:46 am
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)
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:46 am
8. the road next to the freeway
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:55 am
8. Frontage road
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 7:59 am
btw, we never use the term "freeway" here. Either highway or expressway or tollway...
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:02 am
8. Road, as in what's that road over there?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:10 am
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.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:11 am
6. Move it up. 7. No I don't mind.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:13 am
8. feeder
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:26 am
Jooj, my mom says Chesterfield. I say both couch or sofa, interchangeably. But it's really a sofa-bed. Confused yet? LOL
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:09 am
Iv'e seen it called a feeder road, frontage road and a trunk road. I call it a feeder road.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:05 am
8. Frontage road
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:17 am
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.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 11:25 am
8. "the road that runs parallel to the freeway"
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 2:07 pm
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.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 3:56 pm
i have always thought of it being a highway or interstate once it leaves the city, but within the city it's a freeway.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 4:03 pm
not in Boston a highway is a highway no matter where you are.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 4:57 pm
I call it a freeway, but the road that runs with it we call it a service road.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 5:02 pm
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.
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 5:59 pm
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... 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 6:35 pm
8. Frontage road
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 6:43 pm
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. 
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