The WP Accent Tag Thread!

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Don't know if this has or hasn't already been done before on here, but here's my contribution to start the thread off:

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I live in London and the south east

Throwing bog roll at a house - no idea, never knew people did it

Little bug that curls up - Cheesybob or Slater

Carbonated drink - Pop or juice (my grandad Scottish and I think calling coke "juice" is Scottish)

Addressing group - Hello, how are you? (individuals are "Moosh")

Spidery thing with long legs - Daddy long legs

Grandparent - Nana and Granddad

Supermarket wheely thing - Trolley

Rain and Sunshine at same time - its like Scotland

Remote - Zappa or Doofer or Thingamejig or Whatsit

I'm from south eastern Ontario, Canada.

Throwing toilet paper at a house - TP'ing

Little bug that curls up - Potato Bug

Carbonated drink - Pop

What do you call gym shoes? Running Shoes

Addressing group - Hey

Spidery thing with long legs - Daddy long legs

Grandparent - Oma and Opa or Grandpa and Grandma

Supermarket wheely thing - Shopping Cart

Rain and Sunshine at same time - Sun Shower

Remote - Remote Control

New York City here:

Throwing toilet paper at a house - TP'ing

Little bug that curls up - Potato Bug

Carbonated drink - soda

What do you call gym shoes? sneakers

Addressing group - Hello

Spidery thing with long legs - Daddy long legs

Grandparents - Nana and Pops or Gramma and Grampa

Supermarket wheely thing - Shopping Cart

Rain and Sunshine at same time - Sun Shower

Remote - Remote Control or clicker

Throwing bog roll at a house - a silly thing to do

Little bug that curls up - woodlouse or summat?

Carbonated drink - fizzy pop, pop, fizzy drink

Addressing group - Hello or hiya

Spidery thing with long legs - spider?

Grandparent - Nana and Granddad

Supermarket wheely thing - Trolley

Rain and Sunshine at same time - sunny and rainy, since that's what it is

Remote - remote

I'm from Edinburgh, in Scotland

Throwing bog roll at a house - I've never heard of that happening.

Little bug that curls up - Slater

Carbonated drink - Fizzy juice. I know that Cola isn't really juice, but that's just what we call it.

What do you call gym shoes? Trainers.

Addressing group - The usual Edinburgh greeting would be 'Alright folks'

Spidery thing with long legs - Daddy long legs

Grandparent - Granny and Grandad

Supermarket wheely thing - Trolley

Rain and Sunshine at same time - In Scotland I think we'd just count that as sunny!

Remote - In my house it's called the thingy, but a lot of people I know call it the doofer.