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Predict your English dialect and native language quiz

  • 14-08-2015 01:13PM
    #1
    Manach
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    Apologies if posted before:
    http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/

    Apparently I hail from Northern instead of Southern Ireland but it got that I was a native English speaker.


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  • #2
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,567 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Yes, they were right for me - English dialect - then possibly Welsh, but absolutely no Welsh and never lived in Wales - then Irish, I have lived here over twice as long as anywhere else.


  • #3
    Eeden
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    I got Northern Ireland as well, instead of Southern. But I haven't lived In Ireland all of my life (most of it, yeah, but not my "formative "years).

    Thanks for putting that up, it's very interesting!


  • #4
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 13,123 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Scotland was their first choice for me with the Republic of Ireland second - not bad, I guess!


  • #5
    ezra_pound
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    I got the Republic of Ireland first, then Scotland, then northern Ireland.


  • #6
    Yakuza
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    They got me banged to rights :)
    Isn't "I'm just after..." a fairly uniquely Irish construction, being an Anglicisation of "Tá mé tar éis...."?

    My results:
    1. Irish (Republic of)
    2. North Irish (UK)
    3. Scottish (UK)
    Their commentary:
    1. Canadians, Irish, and Scottish accept I'm finished my homework instead of with my homework.
    2. Americans, Canadians, and South Africans accept I sent my mother a letter instead of to my mother.
    3. Many Irish and some Scottish will accept I'm just after telling you.


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  • #7
    Irish Stones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭Irish Stones


    My results were
    1. Polish
    2. Italian
    3. Romanian
    I'm not happy to be mixed to those two nationalities... :mad:


  • #8
    eezipc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭eezipc


    Irish Stones wrote: »
    My results were
    1. Polish
    2. Italian
    3. Romanian
    I'm not happy to be mixed to those two nationalities... :mad:

    Which two are you not happy with?


  • #9
    eezipc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭eezipc


    Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
    1. Welsh (UK)
    2. English (England)
    3. Irish (Republic of)

    Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
    1. English
    2. Greek
    3. Norwegian

    I'm a born and bred Gaelgoir from Mayo............


  • #10
    Irish Stones
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    eezipc wrote: »
    Which two are you not happy with?

    My signature says I'm 100% Italian, so no. 1 and no. 3 don't make me happy :)


  • #11
    Speedwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    English dialect:
    1. American (Standard)
    2. Canadian
    3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

    Native language:
    1. English
    2. Norwegian
    3. Swedish

    I consider "I'm just after..." a correct construction, just not an American construction. The site comments, "Non-native English speakers rarely use Irishisms, Scottishisms, or other regionally-specific language", and this is true; my Scottishisms come from my mother's stepfather, however!

    I'm a 49-year-old (white, female) American. So good job, algorithm. :)


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  • #12
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    I'm English [of a kind] and my first language was Polish or Norwegian.

    None of the above. :)

    tac


  • #13
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #14
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Fairly accurate for me, never having lived outside the Republic of Ireland:
    1. Irish (Republic of)
    2. Scottish (UK)
    3. English (England)

    I think that I have largely managed to avoid NI usages in my ideolect. I can see why Scottish was second in the list, but I think that I am closer to Standard English than to Scottish English.


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