Macking on, sausages in bread, and the crying laughter emoji

[Joseph41]

So here's the first set of results.



Is that not super interesting? Basically the entirety of NSW calls it a "bubbler", but there isn't really a consensus outside of that.

NSW people: why are you all so uniform?

[Rod]

What do you call a battered, deep-fried potato snack?

Potato cake

What general term do you use to refer to swimwear?
Swimwear

What do you call the object that you might drink water from in a park or school?
fountain

What do you call a barbecued sausage, served in a single slice of bread?
hot dog

Which term do you use when someone’s nose is bleeding?
nose bleed

What do you call the place where you might buy lunch at school?
canteen

Does the word ‘dance’ rhyme with ‘pants’, or ‘aunts’?
aunts

What do you call the small local shop that sells newspapers, lollies, drinks and basic groceries?
milk bar

What do you call a frozen, water-based sweet treat?
icy pole

Which of these would you use to describe kissing someone?


- Kiss
- Kissing
- Make out


- Mack on? Who the heck uses this???

What is your most common way of expressing laughter when chatting online, or in texts?
using emoji

What is your preferred way of describing a thing or situation that is pretty good?
''sick''

[Joseph41]

Which of these would you use to describe kissing someone?
- Mack on? Who the heck uses this???

It sounds gross, don't you think? 😂

[sweetiepi]

Slightly unrelated but something I've come across this week:
What do you call a recreational room, typically filled with foosball, pool and table tennis tables and a piano?
I call it a rec room, but I get funny looks from others that call it a common room. Send help 😂

[Rod]

Slightly unrelated but something I've come across this week:
What do you call a recreational room, typically filled with foosball, pool and table tennis tables and a piano?
I call it a rec room, but I get funny looks from others that call it a common room. Send help 😂

Wow this is such a coincidence! I was talking to a friend online yesterday and he told me he spent the day at the ''common room''. I had to legit search what ''common room'' meant on google as I hadn't heard of it before, ever.

I always use ''rec room'', and so has everyone else around me. I wonder if ''common-room'' is a new thing, or maybe it's just me!

[Joseph41]

Common room is very Harry Potterish. I wonder if that's had any influence.

[heids]

Common room has been round for at least a century in books, especially British school stories (possibly my most-read genre). I've simply never seen the term rec room.

[Joseph41]

Common room has been round for at least a century in books, especially British school stories (possibly my most-read genre). I've simply never seen the term rec room.

Yeah - I know of the term, but I'd never really use "rec room". I'm not even sure why. It's just not something I'd say.

Is it an Australian thing?

[jamonwindeyer]

Yeah - I know of the term, but I'd never really use "rec room". I'm not even sure why. It's just not something I'd say.

Is it an Australian thing?

Is 'Games Room' normal or am I an outsider once again?

[Joseph41]

Is 'Games Room' normal or am I an outsider once again?

Oh yeah, that's definitely an alternative.

For some reason, "games room" strikes me as something you'd have in a house, whereas you wouldn't really have a house including a "common room" or "rec room". What do others think?

[EEEEEEP]

Rec room not so common.

Recreation room, I've heard it in hotels, libraries and at universities! E.g. hotels and libraries  may have a room where people can play. AT my uni, theres a recreational room for relaxing and chilling out.

Common room, I've heard that term too!  (It applies more often to college campuses and university accomodation.

Games room, I have heard it too. There's a games room /rec room at some unis in NSW (and they use the words interchangeably).

*We say common, games or recreational room, not so much rec*

[sweetiepi]

"A recreation room (also known as a rec room, rumpus room, or ruckus room) is a room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use. The term is common in the United States, Australia and Canada, but is less common in the United Kingdom where the preferred term is games room."

"The phrase common room is used especially in British and Canadian English to describe a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories"

@Jamon looks like a British term
(Now I'm extra confused )

[Joseph41]

Another set of results! This one is clearly divided by state - what could possibly account for such distribution?

[Coffee]

Here is an interesting article that discusses these results.

Which raises another question...

Do you pronounce the word 'celery' like 'salary'?

For me, there is a difference, but one of my lecturers couldn't make the distinction. So I'm interested to hear about everyone else.

[Joseph41]

Here is an interesting article that discusses these results.

Which raises another question...

Do you pronounce the word 'celery' like 'salary'?

For me, there is a difference, but one of my lecturers couldn't make the distinction. So I'm interested to hear about everyone else.

Which lecturer are we talkin'?!

(I wish the interrobang existed on keyboards.)