Talk:Potluck/Archives/2016

Geography of Potluck
Would it be worthwhile to have a section describing what countries actually have potluck? Any maybe what it is called in other places? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.200.66.7 (talk) 22:13, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Need better sources in most cases, but here's what I've got for a few terms:
 * bring and share lunch
 * UK
 * carry-in dinner
 * South Dakota (anecdotal)
 * community dinner
 * dinner-on-the-grounds
 * American churches (Way With Words)
 * covered dish supper
 * Southeast US (per this blog)
 * favorite dish dinner
 * Kentucky (per an old church newsletter)
 * fuddle
 * Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire (per wiktionary:fuddle)
 * Jacob's join
 * Lancashire, Cumbria (per a reader post at The Guardian)
 * pitch-in
 * Indiana (per Dictionary of American Regional English)
 * southwest Indiana (anecdotal)
 * pot luck, potluck


 * UK, US (commonly attested)
 * scramble
 * Illinios (per Dictionary of American Regional English)
 * I invite others to amend the list above. Ibadibam (talk) 00:51, 26 March 2016 (UTC)