DIALECTOLOGY

Give the following survey to four different people. At the top of each column, note their name and *where they are from*.

Summarize your findings:

1. Which items had the most and the least variation?

2. Was there one (or maybe two) speaker(s) whose vocabulary seemed quite different from the others?

3. What were some of the methodological issues affecting the data gathering?

   
    

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58.Which of these terms do you prefer for a sale of unwanted items on your porch, in your yard, etc.?

59.What do you call the game wherein the participants see who can throw a knife closest to the other person (or alternately, get a jackknife to stick into the ground or a piece of wood)?

64.What do you call the long sandwich that contains cold cuts, lettuce, and so on?

65.What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark?

73.What is your *general* term for the rubber-soled shoes worn in gym class, for athletic activities, etc.?

75.What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

76.What term do you use to refer to something that is across both streets from you at an intersection (or diagonally across from you in general)?

78.What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect?

79.What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on?

81.When you are cold, and little points of skin begin to come on your arms and legs, you have-

82.What do you call the gooey or dry matter that collects in the corners of your eyes, especially while you are sleeping?

90.What do you call the box you bury a dead person in?

94.Do you say "frosting" or "icing" for the sweet spread one puts on a cake?

99.Which of these terms do you prefer for the small road parallel to the highway?

100.Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass?

103.What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?

105.What is your generic term for a sweetened carbonated beverage?

109.What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store?

111.What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?

119.What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home?