Cheapass Survey

[gfish]

Quick little linguistics survey while I watch over this lab section.

1) Do you know what 'gorp' is?

2) Is it a term you would actually use, should you be talking about the subject in question?

3) Where are you from?

Comments

[samildanach.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I've heard various back-formations like (rot13) "tbbq byq envfvaf naq crnahgf" to explain its origin.

No -- I'd usually say (rot13) "genvy zvk".

I'm from the Baltimore-Washington area, and speak the Mid-Atlantic dialect sometimes called "Standard American". The Northwest dialect sounds vaguely Canadian to my ear.