- What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners?
- What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
- 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?
Believe it or not, the words you use to identify these odd little items of everyday life can be used to map your geographical identity on a "dialect map" of the United States. (It should be especially instructive if you're not an American.) Check it out here. You can learn a lot and keep yourself amused for hours.
