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nytimes's united states 'dialect map' quiz
- Thread starter sirndpt
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Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Canadian
2. American (Standard)
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch
Ah, they got me. Still, Ebonics? Maybe because I spent a lot of my years in city-centre, not the "best" neighbourhoods ever, largely due to being on the poor side.
1. Canadian
2. American (Standard)
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch
Ah, they got me. Still, Ebonics? Maybe because I spent a lot of my years in city-centre, not the "best" neighbourhoods ever, largely due to being on the poor side.
Well... at least Singaporean English branched off from British English.
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I found it funny how it thought my first language is Dutch, lol.
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I found it funny how it thought my first language is Dutch, lol.
I live in Idaho, and it was solid red on my map. Apparently I've picked up much of the native dialect despite only having lived here for 7 years (I lived in Boston previously, and Washington DC before that). Pretty interesting.
Also, what the hell is a "lightning bug"? I have never heard that term in my life, but I googled it and apparently it exists. It's called a "firefly", guys.
Also, what the hell is a "lightning bug"? I have never heard that term in my life, but I googled it and apparently it exists. It's called a "firefly", guys.
Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Australian
2. New Zealandish
3. American (Standard)
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. Norwegian
2. English
3. Swedish
I've never left Australia.
Admittedly I was pretty tired when I did this, but I used to study English at university... I did tick a couple of weird options that I consider technically correct if not natural (i.e. I would edit them out, but I wouldn't say they were wrong), though, which probably accounts for it, as natural sentence structure is critical to fluency.
1. Australian
2. New Zealandish
3. American (Standard)
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. Norwegian
2. English
3. Swedish
I've never left Australia.
Admittedly I was pretty tired when I did this, but I used to study English at university... I did tick a couple of weird options that I consider technically correct if not natural (i.e. I would edit them out, but I wouldn't say they were wrong), though, which probably accounts for it, as natural sentence structure is critical to fluency.
Also, I guess no one in the US knows what those bugs are actually called.
Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
2. American (Standard)
3. Singaporean
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. Norwegian
2. Swedish
3. English
LOL Where I live, the black population is under 1%, so I don't understand that at all. It's interesting that it said those for my native language because some people think I'm European when I first speak to them.
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How come nearly everyone gets Singaporean here? lol.
I got Tacoma, Spokane, and Boise, all of which are right by Seattle (Where I live)
Pretty accurate results n_n
Pretty accurate results n_n