Which English Do You Speak?

[Karearea]

An interesting quiz here:

http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/

For the record, it guessed my native language as English, or Hungarian or Finnish.
Its top guesses for my dialects were English, Scottish, and Welsh.
My great-grandparents from England and Scotland came to New Zealand in the 1870s, so I think the results show the power of ancestral dialects and idioms continuing over generations.
Exposure to modern mass media may alter that nowadays.

[wings folded]

Crap site. It seems I am Hungarian. PFFFFF

[probes]

That's a good one!

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. English (England)
2. Welsh (UK)
3. Scottish (UK)
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language: (all incorrect, btw - even though I've learned some German)

1. English
2. Hungarian
3. German

Probably they haven't had too many users yet?

[wings folded]

When asked for my age, one of the options was 0

I'm tempted (no I am not) to re-run it putting in in zero as my age.

[Ancient Mariner]

Not bad.

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?
1. South African (There once was a lady)
2. Singaporean (Lived there for a couple of years)
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:?
1. Norwegian (Correct)
2. English (Well, thank you)
3. Dutch (Not that far removed from Norwegian.)

Per

[Messybeast]

Interesting.

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Scottish (UK) - Correct
2. Welsh (UK) - Only spent a few days in Wales but the area of Scotland I'm from was historically Brythonic rather than Gaelic.
3. English (England) - Spend lots of time working there.

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English - Correct
2. Chinese - ??? (Never been to China)
3. Greek - ??? (Never been to Greece either)

[Miss 007]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Irish ( Republic of ) wrong, Canadian born and bred
2.Australian ( never been )
3. Scottish ( live here )

Funnily enough there isn't a day goes by that I'm not asked where in Ireland ( South ) I come from, must be the mid Atlantic twang!


Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English - Correct
2. Chinese - (Spent 3 weeks there )
3. Hungarian (Spent 2 day's there )

[Stoneboat]

Neat site.
Canadian
American Standard
US Black Vernacular?????

English
Dutch
Norwegian

[A Lutra Continua]

Dialect:

English
Welsh
Scottish

Native:

English
Swedish
Romanian



WTF....?! I are a Dutchie from B'toria who are liking to wear a jean pant.

[Pinky the pilot]

Weird!!

Dialect

New Zealand (never been there)
South African (as above)
Welsh UK (likewise)

Native (first) language

English
Dutch (never been there and can't speak a word of it!)
Hungarian (as above)

Am Barossa Valley, South Australian born and raised. But had some very good English teachers at both Primary and Secondary schools.

[Hydromet]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. Scottish (UK)
2. English (England)
3. Welsh (UK)
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:

1. English
2. German
3. Romanian

I'm Queensland born, NSW raised, never visited the UK, never learned German or Romanian. Studied French & Japanese & visited Japan, lived in PNG for a few years and spoke Pidgin.

Apparently, after a few drinks I start speaking Braille.

[Capetonian]

The results it came up for me were utter tosh. Not even bothering to waste time repeating them.

[MoreAviation]

The awful conclusion of this quiz was that I am English and that my first language is English... Now while it is true that I live in England and my first language is now English...!

[A Lutra Continua]

The awful conclusion of this quiz was that I am English and that my first language is English... Now while it is true that I live in England and my first language is now English...!

...The reality is that you're a clutch plate from B'toria and are liking to wear a jean pant also.

[Capetonian]

[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNJVMJH5OhI[/bbvideo]
Does you like to wear a jean pant too?
When I were at school I fought a lot and I hit my friend through the face.

[MoreAviation]

Ja well no fine... I was born in Pretoria but that doesn't mean I wears a snor or can't gooi that blerrie English hey...!

[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP3ooSkQJWk[/bbvideo]

[ian16th]

Rubbish site!

There ain't no such game as SOCCER!

I've lived in several countries for more than 6 months, but it only let me enter one.

[MoreAviation]

There ain't no such game as SOCCER!

Ag no man but nobody calls SOCCER, football in SA en dis net moffies, swartes en break dancers wat SOCCER speel!

It is also rumoured that the English don't play football either (or haven't since 1966)...

[Bull at a Gate]

Ian, I was able to enter multiple countries in which I had lived for more than 6 months.

I was quite impressed with the results, although answering that "she'll be right" is correct is a bit of a giveaway as to my dialect.

[MoreAviation]

[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhninL_G3Fg[/bbvideo]

"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him."