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Dialect Survey Results: ALASKA

Below are the terms and pronunciations most commonly used in ALASKA.

1. aunt
a. [] as in "ah" (2.08%)
b. [] as in "ant" (77.08%)
c. [] as in "caught" (4.17%)
d. I have the same vowel in "ah", "caught", and "aunt" (8.33%)
f. I use [/] when referring to the general concept of an aunt, but [] when referring to a specific person by name. (6.25%)
g. I use [] when referring to the general concept of an aunt, but [/] when referring to a specific person by name. (2.08%)

2. been
a. [] as in "sit" (47.92%)
b. [i:] as in "see" (4.17%)
c. [] as in "set" (45.83%)
d. other (2.08%)

3. the first vowel in "Bowie knife"
a. [o:] as in "Bo" (72.92%)
b. [u:] as in "boo" (14.58%)
c. I have seen this word in print, but have no idea how to pronounce it (6.25%)
d. I have never seen or heard this word (4.17%)
e. other (2.08%)

4. caramel
a. with 2 syllables ("car-ml") (64.58%)
b. with 3 syllables ("carra-mel") (16.67%)
c. I use both interchangeably (14.58%)
d. I have both forms, but the two have different meanings (please state how in the comments box) (4.17%)

5. the vowel in the second syllable of "cauliflower"
a. [i:] as in "see" (14.89%)
b. [] as in "sit" (74.47%)
c. other (10.64%)

6. the last vowel in "centaur"
a. [] as in "car" ("sen-tar") (55.32%)
b. [] as in "caught" (6.38%)
c. I use the same vowel in "car", "caught", and "centaur" (23.40%)
d. rhymes with "sore" and "more" ("sen-tore") (12.77%)
e. other (2.13%)

7. coupon
a. with [u:] as in "coop" ("coopon") (62.50%)
b. with [ju:] as in "cute" ("cyoopon") (37.50%)

8. Craig (the name)
a. [] as in "set" (29.17%)
b. [e:] as in "say" (43.75%)
c. I say something in between the vowels in "set" and "say", but closer to the one in "say" (12.50%)
d. I say something in between the vowels in "set" and "say", but closer to the one in "set" (14.58%)

9. crayon
a. [] as in "man" (1 syllable, "cran") (12.77%)
b. [ej] (2 syllables, "cray-ahn") (36.17%)
c. [ej] (2 syllables, "cray-awn", where the second syllable rhymes with "dawn") (42.55%)
d. [aw] (I pronounce this the same as "crown") (2.13%)
e. other (6.38%)

10. creek (a small body of running water)
a. [i:] as in "see" (76.60%)
b. [] as in "sit" (8.51%)
c. I use both interchangeably (4.26%)
e. I use both, but they mean two different things (please state how they differ in the comments box) (8.51%)
f. other (2.13%)

11. the first vowel in "Florida"
a. [o:] as in "flow" ("flow-ri-da") (8.51%)
d. [] as in "sore" ("flore-i-da") (91.49%)

12. flourish
a. [] as in "bird" ("flurr-ish") (64.58%)
b. [] as in "sore" ("flore-ish") (18.75%)
c. [] as in "sun" ("fluh-rish") (10.42%)
d. other (including if you use one pronunciation for the verb and a different pronunciation for the noun) (6.25%)

13. the last vowel in "handkerchief"
a. [i:] as in "see" (27.08%)
b. [] as in "sit" (68.75%)
c. other (4.17%)

14. lawyer
a. with [j] as in "boy" ("loyer") (75.00%)
b. with [] as in "saw" ("law-yer") (16.67%)
c. I use both interchangeably (8.33%)

15. How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?
a. all 3 are the same (66.67%)
b. all 3 are different (6.25%)
c. Mary and merry are the same; marry is different (6.25%)
d. merry and marry are the same; Mary is different (4.17%)
e. Mary and marry are the same; merry is different (16.67%)

16. mayonnaise
a. with [] as in "man" (2 syllables--"man-aze") (43.48%)
b. with [ej] (3 syllables--"may-uh-naze") (34.78%)
c. I use both interchangeably (10.87%)
d. other (10.87%)

17. the first vowel in "miracle"
a. [i:] as in "near" (53.19%)
b. [] as in "knit" (23.40%)
c. [] as in "net" (4.26%)
d. I say something in between [] and [] (17.02%)
e. other (2.13%)

18. mischievous vs. mischievious
a. mischievous (3 syllables) (23.40%)
b. mischievious (4 syllables) (36.17%)
c. I write "mischievous" but say "mischievious" (8.51%)
d. I use both (27.66%)
e. other (4.26%)

19. the final vowel in "Monday," "Friday," etc.
a. [e:] as in "say" (91.49%)
b. [i:] as in "see" (2.13%)
c. I use [e:] with the words in isolation, but [i:] in compounds (such as "Sunday school") (4.26%)
d. other (e.g. do you use one vowel in some day names, and another in the other names?) (2.13%)

20. the second vowel in "pajamas"
a. [] as in "jam" (65.96%)
b. [] as in "father" (27.66%)
c. other (6.38%)

21. pecan
a. [pi:kn] with stress on the first syllable ("PEE-can") (2.13%)
b. [pi:kn] with stress on the second syllable ("pee-CAN") (4.26%)
c. [pi:kn] with stress on the first syllable ("PEE-Kahn") (19.15%)
d. [pi:kn] with stress on the second syllable ("pee-KAHN") (38.30%)
e. [pkn] ("pick Ann") (2.13%)
f. [pkn] ("pick Ahn") (27.66%)
g. I pronounce it differently when it's alone than when it's in a compound like "pecan pie" (please state how you pronounce the two variants in the comments box) (6.38%)

22. poem
a. one syllable (34.04%)
b. two syllables (65.96%)

23. really
a. [i:] as in "see" ("reely") (42.55%)
b. [] as in "sit" ("rilly") (34.04%)
c. [i] ("ree-l-y") (10.64%)
d. other (including if you use two or more of these interchangeably) (12.77%)

24. realtor (a real estate agent)
a. 2 syllables ("reel-ter") (38.30%)
b. 3 syllables (real[]tor, in other words "reel-uh-ter") (38.30%)
c. 3 syllables (ree-l-ter) (19.15%)
d. I don't use this word; I use "estate agent" (2.13%)
e. other (2.13%)

25. roof, room, broom, root
a. [u:] as in "food" (63.04%)
b. [] as in "foot" (2.17%)
c. these four words do not all have the same vowel (please use the comments box to let us know which is which) (34.78%)

26. route (as in, "the route from one place to another")
a. rhymes with "hoot" (14.89%)
b. rhymes with "out" (25.53%)
c. I can pronounce it either way interchangeably (38.30%)
d. I say it like "hoot" for the noun and like "out" for the verb. (8.51%)
e. I say it like "out" for the noun and like "hoot" for the verb. (12.77%)

27. the first vowel in "syrup"
a. [i] "sear-up" (23.91%)
b. [] "sih-rup" (6.52%)
c. [] as in "sir" (67.39%)
d. other (2.17%)

28. Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same?
a. different (27.66%)
b. same (72.34%)

29. almond
a. all-mond (first syllable sounds like "all") (80.85%)
b. ah-mond (no l) (8.51%)
d. I say something in between l and nothing (8.51%)
e. other (2.13%)

30. the "s" in "anniversary"
a. [s] as in "sock" (87.23%)
b. [] as in "shock" (12.77%)

31. asterisk
a. asteri[ks] (19.15%)
b. asteri[sk] (48.94%)
c. asteri[k] (with no s in the final cluster) (29.79%)
d. other (2.13%)

32. candidate
a. I pronounce the first d (40.00%)
b. I don't pronounce the first d (28.89%)
c. I vary freely between pronouncing the first d and not doing so (2.22%)
d. I only pronounce the first d when I'm speaking slowly/carefully (24.44%)
e. Depends whether it refers to a political or generic candidate, as in "that assignment looks like a good candidate for elimination" (please state how the two pronunciations differ) (2.22%)
f. other (2.22%)

33. the "s" in "chromosome"
a. [s] (34.04%)
b. [z] (46.81%)
c. both are acceptable to me (19.15%)

34. et cetera
a. pronounced e[ts]etera (4 syllables) (60.87%)
b. pronounced e[ts]etra (3 syllables) (17.39%)
c. pronounced eksetera (4 syllables) (13.04%)
d. pronounced eksetra (3 syllables) (6.52%)
e. other (2.17%)

35. the final consonant in "garage"
a. [] as in the middle consonant of "measure" (53.19%)
b. [] as in "edge" (36.17%)
c. I use both interchangeably (10.64%)

36. the "c" in "grocery"
a. [s] as in "sock" (27.66%)
b. [] as in "shock" (70.21%)
c. other (2.13%)

37. huge, humor, humongous, human...
a. I pronounce the h (97.87%)
c. I can pronounce the h or not (2.13%)

38. the "s" in "nursery"
a. [s] as in "sock" (80.85%)
b. [] as in "shock" (17.02%)
c. other (2.13%)

39. the "s" in the last name of Elvis Presley
a. [s] (78.72%)
b. [z] (21.28%)

40. quarter
a. with [kw] (59.57%)
b. with [k] ("cor-ter") (25.53%)
c. I use both interchangeably (12.77%)
d. other (2.13%)

41. Do you use "spigot" or "spicket" to refer to a faucet or tap that water comes out of?
a. spicket (10.64%)
b. spigot (70.21%)
c. I use both interchangeably (4.26%)
d. I say "spicket" but spell it "spigot" (6.38%)
f. I don't use either version of this word (8.51%)

42. strength
a. the "g" is pronounced as [g] (41.30%)
b. the "g" is pronounced as [k] (52.17%)
c. the "g" is silent (6.52%)

43. the final consonant in "Texas"
a. [s] (80.43%)
b. [z] (15.22%)
c. either one (4.35%)

44. cream cheese
a. CREAM cheese (stress on the first syllable) (58.70%)
b. cream CHEESE (stress on the second syllable) (17.39%)
c. it sounds right either way (21.74%)
d. other (2.17%)

45. insurance
a. INsurance (stress on the first syllable) (17.78%)
b. inSURance (stress on the second syllable) (80.00%)
c. I can stress either the first or the second syllable (2.22%)

46. New Haven (the city in Connecticut where Yale University is located)
a. NEW Haven (66.67%)
b. New HAVEN (26.67%)
c. I use both interchangeably (6.67%)

47. Thanksgiving
a. THANKSgiving (22.22%)
b. ThanksGIVing (68.89%)
c. I use both interchangeably (6.67%)
d. other (2.22%)

48. umbrella
a. UMbrella (15.56%)
b. umBRELLa (84.44%)

49. I ____ her lifeless body from the pool
a. dragged (73.33%)
b. drug (15.56%)
c. I use both interchangeably (11.11%)

50. What word(s) do you use to address a group of two or more people?
a. you all (13.33%)
d. you guys (57.78%)
g. you (15.56%)
h. other (4.44%)
i. y'all (8.89%)

51. Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?"
a. yes (43.48%)
b. no (54.35%)
c. other (2.17%)

52. Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?"
a. yes (47.83%)
b. no (23.91%)
c. I can use "where are you at" in contexts such as asking someone how s/he is coming along on a project, but not in the general sense of "where are you physically located in the world at this moment". (28.26%)

53. Modals are words like "can," "could," "might," "ought to," and so on. Can you use more than one modal at a time? (e.g., "I might could do that" to mean "I might be able to do that"; or "I used to could do that" to mean "I used to be able to do that")
b. no (100.00%)

54. He used to nap on the couch, but he sprawls out in that new lounge chair anymore
a. this use of "anymore" is acceptable (4.35%)
b. this use of "anymore" is unacceptable (95.65%)

55. I do exclusively figurative paintings anymore
a. acceptable (8.70%)
b. unacceptable (84.78%)
c. not sure (6.52%)

56. Pantyhose are so expensive anymore that I just try to get a good suntan and forget about it.
a. acceptable (45.65%)
b. unacceptable (50.00%)
c. not sure (4.35%)

57. Forget the nice clothes anymore (referring to babies eating messily after a certain age)
a. acceptable (19.57%)
b. unacceptable (71.74%)
c. not sure (8.70%)

58. Which of these terms do you prefer for a sale of unwanted items on your porch, in your yard, etc.?
m. other (4.35%)
b. yard sale (28.26%)
c. garage sale (58.70%)
d. rummage sale (8.70%)

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)?
a. mumblety-peg (10.87%)
o. stretch (4.35%)
p. chicken (4.35%)
r. splits (2.17%)
b. mumbledy-peg (17.39%)
t. I have never heard of this "game" and have no idea what it's called (36.96%)
u. other (state here if you have heard one or more of these terms but never knew what they meant) (19.57%)
c. mumbly peg (2.17%)
e. mumblely peg (with 2 l's) (2.17%)

60. What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road?
a. berm (6.52%)
b. parking (2.17%)
e. curb strip (2.17%)
g. verge (4.35%)
h. I have no word for this (80.43%)
i. other (4.35%)

61. What do you call the area of grass that occurs in the middle of some streets?
c. traffic island (10.87%)
d. island (34.78%)
f. I have no word for this (28.26%)
g. other (26.09%)

62. What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway?
a. median strip (13.04%)
j. other (2.17%)
b. median (73.91%)
g. island (4.35%)
i. I have no word for this (6.52%)

63. What do you call the drink made with milk and ice cream?
a. milkshake/shake (100.00%)

64. What do you call the long sandwich that contains cold cuts, lettuce, and so on?
a. sub (89.13%)
c. hoagie (10.87%)

65. What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark?
a. lightning bug (6.52%)
b. firefly (54.35%)
c. I use lightning bug and firefly interchangeably (36.96%)
e. I have no word for this (2.17%)

66. What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)?
a. crawfish (44.44%)
b. crayfish (17.78%)
e. crawdad (17.78%)
g. I have no word for this critter (15.56%)
h. other (4.44%)

67. What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
a. daddy long leg(s) (97.83%)
b. daddy big legs (2.17%)

68. What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother?
a. grandmother (9.09%)
b. granny (2.27%)
c. grandma (54.55%)
d. nana (11.36%)
f. grammy/grammie/grammi (4.55%)
g. other (18.18%)

69. What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?)
a. grandmother (8.89%)
b. granny (4.44%)
c. grandma (48.89%)
d. gramma (17.78%)
e. nana (4.44%)
f. other (15.56%)

70. What do/did you call your maternal grandfather?
b. grandpa (23.91%)
c. grampa (8.70%)
d. grandad, granddad (10.87%)
f. I spell it "grandpa" but pronounce it as "grampa" (39.13%)
g. other (including if you use a different term to address him directly than you do when speaking about him to a third party) (17.39%)

71. paternal grandfather?
b. grandpa (44.19%)
c. grampa (34.88%)
e. other (20.93%)

72. What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners?
a. dust bunnies (84.78%)
e. dust balls (15.22%)

73. What is your *general* term for the rubber-soled shoes worn in gym class, for athletic activities, etc.?
a. sneakers (31.11%)
k. other (6.67%)
c. gymshoes (4.44%)
f. tennis shoes (57.78%)

74. What do you call the little gray creature (that looks like an insect but is actually a crustacean) that rolls up into a ball when you touch it?
a. pill bug (17.39%)
k. centipede (4.35%)
l. I know what this creature is, but have no word for it (6.52%)
m. I have no idea what this creature is (23.91%)
n. other (2.17%)
b. doodle bug (4.35%)
c. potato bug (13.04%)
d. roly poly (23.91%)
e. sow bug (4.35%)

75. What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
a. shopping cart (80.00%)
c. grocery cart (15.56%)
h. other (4.44%)

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)?
a. kitty-corner (73.91%)
d. catty-corner (15.22%)
g. I can only use "diagonal" for this (6.52%)
h. I have no term for this (4.35%)

77. What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?
a. doing donuts (54.55%)
b. doing cookies (4.55%)
c. whipping shitties (2.27%)
d. other (38.64%)

78. What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect?
a. scratch paper (42.22%)
b. scrap paper (15.56%)
c. scratch paper is still usable (for example, the paper you bring to do extra work on a test); scrap paper is paper that isn't needed anymore and can be thrown away. (37.78%)
d. other (4.44%)

79. What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on?
a. highway (50.00%)
b. freeway (8.70%)
g. a freeway is bigger than a highway (15.22%)
i. a freeway has limited access (no stop lights, no intersections), whereas a highway can have stop lights and intersections (26.09%)

80. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
a. sunshower (6.82%)
c. the devil is beating his wife (6.82%)
g. liquid sun (6.82%)
h. I have no term or expression for this (72.73%)
i. other (6.82%)

81. When you are cold, and little points of skin begin to come on your arms and legs, you have-
a. goose bumps (97.83%)
c. goose pimples (2.17%)

82. What do you call the gooey or dry matter that collects in the corners of your eyes, especially while you are sleeping?
k. eye crusties (2.22%)
l. sand (6.67%)
n. gunk (4.44%)
o. matter (2.22%)
p. I have no word for this (2.22%)
q. other (11.11%)
b. sleep (37.78%)
e. sleepies (6.67%)
f. sleepy seed (2.22%)
g. sleepy bugs (4.44%)
h. eye booger (17.78%)
i. eye shit (2.22%)

83. What do you call an easy course?
a. gut (9.30%)
b. crypt course (2.33%)
e. blow-off (25.58%)
g. other (62.79%)

84. What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?
a. rotary (6.52%)
b. roundabout (36.96%)
c. circle (4.35%)
d. traffic circle (28.26%)
f. I have no word for this (21.74%)
g. other (2.17%)

85. What is the thing that women use to tie their hair?
a. (hair) elastic (4.65%)
b. rubber band (23.26%)
d. hair thing (13.95%)
e. hair tie (18.60%)
f. other (39.53%)

86. Do you use the word cruller?
a. yes (22.22%)
b. no, but I know what it means (46.67%)
c. I have no idea what this means (31.11%)

87. Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry?
a. yes (76.09%)
b. no, but I know what it means (21.74%)
c. I have no idea what this means (2.17%)

88. What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)?
a. duck-footed (31.11%)
c. splay-footed (6.67%)
d. bow-legged (22.22%)
e. toed out (8.89%)
f. other (4.44%)
g. I have no word for this (26.67%)

89. Can you call coleslaw "slaw"?
a. yes (19.57%)
b. yes, but I can also use it in other forms such as apple slaw or broccoli slaw (8.70%)
c. no (67.39%)
d. I have never heard that usage before (4.35%)

90. What do you call the box you bury a dead person in?
a. coffin (73.91%)
b. casket (6.52%)
c. a coffin and a casket are not the same, and I know the difference (10.87%)
d. other (8.70%)

91. Do you say "vinegar and oil" or "oil and vinegar" for the type of salad dressing?
a. vinegar and oil (13.33%)
b. oil and vinegar (66.67%)
c. both sound equally good to me (13.33%)
d. neither (6.67%)

92. What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly?
c. other (100.00%)

93. When you stand outside with a long line of people waiting to get in somewhere, are you standing "in line" or "on line" (as in, "I stood ___ in the cold for two hours before they opened the doors")?
a. on line (2.17%)
b. in line (97.83%)

94. Do you say "frosting" or "icing" for the sweet spread one puts on a cake?
a. frosting (36.96%)
b. icing (8.70%)
c. icing is thinner than frosting, white, and/or made of powdered sugar and milk or lemon juice (39.13%)
d. both (13.04%)
f. other (2.17%)

95. What is "the City"?
a. New York City (25.00%)
b. Boston (2.27%)
c. DC (2.27%)
f. other (70.45%)

96. What is the distinction between dinner and supper?
a. supper is an evening meal while dinner is eaten earlier (lunch, for example) (4.35%)
b. supper is an evening meal, dinner is the main meal (6.52%)
c. dinner takes place in a more formal setting than supper (4.35%)
d. there is no distinction; they both have the same meaning (50.00%)
e. I do not use the term supper (30.43%)
g. other (4.35%)

97. Which of these terms do you prefer?
a. trash can (36.96%)
b. garbage can (34.78%)
e. These words refer to different things (26.09%)
f. other (2.17%)

98. Which of these terms do you prefer?
a. By accident (62.22%)
b. On accident (15.56%)
c. both (20.00%)
d. neither (2.22%)

99. Which of these terms do you prefer for the small road parallel to the highway?
a. frontage road (61.36%)
b. service road (6.82%)
c. access road (11.36%)
f. we have them but I have no word for them (13.64%)
g. I've never heard of this concept (4.55%)
h. other (2.27%)

100. Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass?
a. cut the grass (6.82%)
c. mow the grass (6.82%)
d. mow the lawn (79.55%)
e. other (6.82%)

101. Do you pass in homework or hand in homework?
b. hand in (67.39%)
c. both (10.87%)
e. other (21.74%)

102. What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water?
a. waterbug (24.44%)
j. I have no word for this (37.78%)
k. other (4.44%)
c. waterstrider (22.22%)
e. water-spider (2.22%)
g. water beetle (6.67%)
i. skimmer (2.22%)

103. What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?
c. drinking fountain (47.83%)
d. water fountain (50.00%)
e. other (2.17%)

104. What do you call a public railway system (normally underground)?
a. the subway (86.67%)
c. the T (2.22%)
d. the metro (2.22%)
e. BART (2.22%)
f. other (6.67%)

105. What is your generic term for a sweetened carbonated beverage?
a. soda (41.30%)
j. other (10.87%)
b. pop (32.61%)
c. coke (10.87%)
e. soft drink (4.35%)

106. What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper?
a. tp'ing (68.89%)
b. rolling (2.22%)
c. toilet papering (17.78%)
g. I have no word for this (8.89%)
h. other (2.22%)

107. What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road?
a. rubberneck (4.35%)
b. rubbernecking (8.70%)
c. rubbernecking is the activity (slowing down and gawking) that causes the traffic jam, but I have no word for the traffic jam itself (67.39%)
i. I have no word for this (19.57%)

108. What vowel do you use in bag?
a. [] as in "sat" (86.67%)
b. [] as in "set" (2.22%)
c. [e:] as in "say" (11.11%)

109. What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store?
a. bag (89.13%)
b. sack (8.70%)
d. other (2.17%)

110. What do you call the night before Halloween?
f. devil's night (6.52%)
g. devil's eve (2.17%)
h. I have no word for this (89.13%)
i. other (2.17%)

111. What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?
a. end (6.52%)
b. heel (80.43%)
c. crust (13.04%)

112. How do you pronounce the word for the type of drug that acts as central nervous system depressant and is used as a sedative or hypnotic? (Please do not look up the word in a dictionary before answering this question.)
a. barbituate (84.78%)
b. barbiturate (4.35%)
c. I don't use either of these (6.52%)
d. other (4.35%)

113. amphitheater
a. f (39.13%)
b. p (58.70%)
c. other (2.17%)

114. citizen
a. [s] (50.00%)
b. [z] (47.83%)
c. other (2.17%)

115. What do you call a point that is purely academic, or that cannot be settled and isn't worth discussing further?
a. a moot point (95.65%)
b. a mute point (4.35%)

116. How do you pronounce the -sp- sequence in "thespian" (the word meaning "actor")?
a. [sp] (as in "desperate") (82.61%)
b. [zb] (rhymes with "lesbian") (17.39%)

117. What do you call the level of a building that is partly or entirely underground?
a. basement (65.22%)
c. I use both, and they mean the same thing (2.17%)
d. A basement is finished (for example with plastered or painted walls, carpets, etc.), whereas a cellar is unfinished (made up of bare stone or cement, used only for storage). (15.22%)
e. A cellar has an outside entrance (some call this a "bulkhead"), whereas a basement does not (15.22%)
f. other (2.17%)

118. What do you call a drive-through liquor store?
d. beer barn (6.52%)
f. we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them (21.74%)
g. I have never heard of such a thing (63.04%)
h. other (8.70%)

119. What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home?
a. take-out (76.09%)
b. carry-out (4.35%)
c. either take-out or carry-out (17.39%)
d. other (2.17%)

120. What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car?
a. dibs (17.39%)
b. shotgun (78.26%)
f. other (4.35%)

121. What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?
a. ogle (34.78%)
b. oogle (10.87%)
c. oggle (pronounced to rhyme with "boggle", but may still be spelled "ogle") (28.26%)
d. I use both oogle and ogle interchangeably (6.52%)
e. I use both ogle and "oggle" (8.70%)
f. I have no word for this activity (8.70%)
g. other (2.17%)

122. Do you say "expecially", or "especially"?
a. expecially (or "ecspecially" or "ekspecially") (4.35%)
b. especially (91.30%)
c. I use both interchangeably (4.35%)