Friday, April 18, 2008

Orthometric meme

H/T: Orthometer

"The object is to reveal your everyday terminology for everyday household items and what-not. You may answer with the choices given, or use your own."

1. That shiny metal stuff that you use to wrap food with:
A. Aluminum foil / B. Tin foil / C. Reynolds Wrap


A. Aluminum foil (pronounced ah-lume-in-uhm not al-you-mini-uhm)

2. That clear plastic stuff that is also used to wrap food with:
A. Plastic wrap / B. Saran wrap / C. Glad wrap


A. Plastic Wrap.

3. Those things you use for facial and nasal care:
A. Tissues / B. Kleenex / C. Snot rags


Spoken use: B. Kleenex
Actual object: D. Toilet paper

4. The stringy pasta that you eat with meatballs:
A. Spaghetti / B. P'sghetti / C. Noodles


A. Spaghetti.

5. Those wooden sticks you see in a chips bag:
A. Pretzel / B. Prentzel / C. Sticks


A. Pretzel.
What the heck is a Prentzel?

6. That mammoth trunked animal in the zoo:
A. Elephant / B. Elly-Phahnt / C. Wooly mammoth

D. Snuffalumpagus.

7. The room in the house you have to use at least once a day:
A. The bathroom / B. The rest room / C. The little boys'/girls' room / D. The can

A. The bathroom
E. "Daddy's in here! Go use one of the other bathrooms!"

8. The paper you use after using the room described in question #7:
A. Toilet paper / B. Bath (or bathroom) tissue / C. Butt wipe

A. Toilet paper
I Liked the Orthometer answer: D. The National Catholic Reporter
May I add E. America Magazine?

9. Your classification of a passenger van (full-sized or mini), besides van:
A. Car / B. Truck / C. Bus

D. Totoro. We plan to have our van painted like Nekonobasu.


10. OK, finally, something relating to liturgical music - your classification of a Hammond organ:
A. Instrument / B. Appliance / C. Furniture


D. People use musical instruments in the liturgy? Say it ain't so.

2 comments:

  1. Aluminium is actually the proper spelling and pronunciation in Europe. In America (and I think a couple of other countries, I can't remember off the top of my head) we say/spell it "aluminum". It was a decision made way back in the day.

    It doesn't matter, just thought I'd throw that in there.

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  2. Indeed. I've some British friends and watch too much BBC America. The first time I heard it I had no idea what they were talking about. ;)

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