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[bubosquared]

This is not so much a "regional" thing, as I'm not a native speaker, but hey, meme!

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Creek.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
A trolley.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
A lunchbox. Alternatively, a friend-basher, but that's such an injoke no one but me will get that. Heh.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
A pan.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
A couch, sometimes a sofa.

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
A drain pipe, but I think no one else in the world calls it that.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Pop.

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
American Pancake. To distinguis it from "real" pancakes, which are thin and roll-up-able.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
A sandwich. I don't really make the distinction.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Swimming trunks.

12. Shoes worn for sports.
Sneakers.

13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
A firefly.

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Eh?

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
A seesaw.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
If eating with my hands, point to crust, but I almost always eat the crust. If eating with cutlery, I cut off the bit of dry crust first, eat it, then start at the point.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
I'd call it a yard sale, I think.

19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner, if it's a warm, complete meal. Supper if it's just some pasta or salad, as I often do in summer.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
The cellar.

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
A water cooler.